There has been a flurry of bloggers pretending to be females. Via Jason Soon we have the exposure of Libertarian Girl, who was actually a guy. Another faker recently exposed was Hot Abercrombie Chick. And the winner of the NetGuide award for Best Personal Blog for 2004 was "Natalie Biz", who was really "James Guthrie, a Wellington man, happily married with children".
Libertarian Girl says that when he had a blog as himself, he got no links or comments, but by pretending to be a pretty girl he instantly got to have a popular blog. Now I don't think that means that bloggers are so completely shallow as to be mesmerized by a photo of a pretty girl, but it certainly demonstrates the advantage of good looks in attracting that initial attention.
How many of the women professors at Harvard have been playing the same game?
damn, thanks for the link
What, the women professors at Harvard are really men?
It's kinda funny. I was the first to link to LG noting that the blog would be popular because she was a chick. Now, the accusations are that I am her.