Steven Heller at The Design Observer starts a deeply important discussion about anonymity online and the building of responsibility and ownership. The comments raise interesting points — particularly about what it means to produce a "real" email address or "real" website URL. I think in the end Steven is arguing for continuity and responsibility of voice, namely that a "name" becomes real when you begin to use it both in online and offline professional contexts. I agree that the ability to anonymously comment on most blogs is unnecessary and that indeed, if you aren't willing to saddle up with an established "real" name, then your opinion is probably irrelevant.