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Anonymity

Questions

Question

Describe what the blogger posted online about herself and how she reassures her friend who expresses concern about what she has posted.
Student responses should explain that the blogger has posted on a blog about a similar experience with an ex-boyfriend who lied and that she feels comfortable sharing something this private because the blog is anonymous.

Question

In this scene the blogger says that there was a positive outcome for her and others when they were able to share anonymously on this blog. Briefly describe why she felt it was helpful to post and read what others responded in this blog.
Student responses should describe how the blogger mentions that two other people wrote in after her saying that they’d had similar experiences and felt less alone after reading what she’d written.

Question

Briefly describe your own thoughts about posting personal experiences online. Do you feel more like the blogger, that there is benefit in sharing if you can keep your privacy, or do you feel more like her friend, who is uncomfortable with that kind of self-disclosure even if anonymity is guaranteed?
Briefly describe your own thoughts about posting personal experiences online. Do you feel more like the blogger, that there is benefit in sharing if you can keep your privacy, or do you feel more like her friend, who is uncomfortable with that kind of self-disclosure even if anonymity is guaranteed?
Although answers may vary, there are no wrong answers to this question. Some students may identify with the blogger and others may identify with her friend.
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