Why lack of anonymity has ruined my love life

I write a column for the Trinity newspaper. It's not as fancy as Colin's and at times may lack the merrit that many of your blogs have, but for better or for worse, it's my column and it's developed a bit of a following. I write about college relationships which, as you may recall is best summarized as an idiot's guide to getting drunk and finding someone to take home. I'm slightly classier than all of that, but the fact is, I put myself very much out there and as a result, I have a history of exploiting the boys who have been victimized by me. I keep their names anonymous but apparently it's not that difficult to figure out, or so I was reminded two weeks ago when the kid I had been seeing "dumped me" for being as candid as I was in the newspaper. Ironically, for the first time, I had actually said nice things about him. I (dare I say it) actually may have liked him, and the saddest part is, Jeff aka http://blog.myspace.com/jprzech would have liked him too. He looked a lot like Jon Cusack (and not even in his Serendipity days). Sadly, he valued privacy over me and things in my romance sector have been spiraling down since then. Word got out amongst the paranoid men on campus that any type of engagement with me may result in a public commentary. They're afraid of my persona. I wouldn't have had this problem if I had adapted a psuedonym like many of the bloggers. There's always going to be someone who doesn't like your opinion or your style

This reminded me of Eric the Fearless, As he so aptly points out, poor christian slater would not have been as persecuted if his broadcast was "undercover" but at the same time, it may have lost something. I personally respect people more when their identity isn't as concealed because if the person feels comfortable enough to talk freely and openly about something then it makes whatever the subject is feel less taboo. I realize that there may be a lot of dangers associated with giving too much contact info out over the internet and then saying something offensive, but in general, i give a lot of credit to the bloggers that stand by their opinions enough to sign it with their name. On the other hand, I wouldn't know the difference either way, and I certainly don't use my real name. Also, the beauty of the blogosphere is that it's generally accepted that people can be anonymous where as in print journalism, if you publish an anonymous article, it's kind of seedy. So, in short, I guess I'm conflicted.