I think the author had a negative emotional reaction to Secret and jumped too quickly to what he thought was a rational analysis of the theme. He grabbed a few

I think the author had a negative emotional reaction to Secret and jumped too quickly to what he thought was a rational analysis of the theme. He grabbed a few top of mind examples that supported his theory and tried to guess what was wrong with Secret, then extrapolated to anonymity in general. Had he slept on the text or sent to a few friends to review it, I could bet it would become different on the conclusions.