No need to worry JJ. Noone is going to slate you "for posting as a dreaded guest". Putting JJ at the end indicates that you are posting as yourself, rather than someone else playing games and trolling.

Noone at any time, that I have seen, has made any criticism of people for posting as GUESTS as such - as against the ones who, by leaving off any kind of handle, seem make it clear they aren't interested in any kind of two-way communication. Anonymity just isn't a problem, because most Mudcatters are in fact anonymous, in the sense that they do not post under their actual name.

As for friendliness and its reverse, nothing's perfect, but by and large this is a pretty friendly place, compared to any alternatives I've come across. Maybe you can help us can buck the trend by getting better instead of worse.