Just like everyone else, they should be able to assume whatever identity they want on the Internet

I looked up Barack Obama on Wikiscanner. According to Jim Wales, he thinks Wikiscanner adds to another layer of transparency on the web and on his site. In my opinion I agree with Wales that it’s a another light internet users can cast on even some of the most democratic UGC sites that flirt with the opportunity to provide misinformation. The web is a flattener that affords a checks and balances to an entity that grows too powerful. Each microcosmic example of how we can expose the truth on the web shows the power in numbers that web users have.

Steve Colbert’s quote (that I borrowed from Wikipedia and used to title this blog) should not be funny but rather obsolete to the most cutting edge of web users because the savvy ones know that no one conceals their identity anymore on the web. It’s simply too easy to find out who someone is now.

On Wikiscanner’s report of Barack Obama edits, one was “he has no chance.” Is there beauty in expressing an opinion that you know will reach millions of impressions or is this an ugly abuse of such a platform?