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Subject: RE: BS: Anonimity From: kendall Date: 14 Feb 01 - 01:18 PM Really? well, I'm a member, I use my real name, and no one takes ME seriously. |
Subject: RE: BS: Anonimity From: Jim Dixon Date: 14 Feb 01 - 01:13 PM As you may have noticed, there are a few of us who always use our real names. Joe Offer, Art Thieme, Dick Greenhaus, Jon Freeman, Clinton Hammond, Don Meixner, Don Firth, Rick Fielding, Malcolm Douglas, are a few whose names I could find in recent threads. (Funny, they're all male. And no doubt, that's not just a coincidence.) There are quite a few who use a first name and middle initial, and these include some women - I presume these are genuine. And I suspect there are some who use a nickname, but are known by the same nickname in real life. But more important than a real name - as far as Mudcat is concerned - is a consistent name. That's the main thing you get when you become a Mudcat "member." I wonder if most "guests" understand that. I posted for a long time as "GUEST, Jim Dixon" mainly because I didn't realize that becoming a "member" was SIMPLE AND FREE. I just didn't bother to investigate, and that was my loss. My impression is that people will take you more seriously if they know you're a member - not that members can't be flamers, or that non-members can't be serious - but IT HELPS. And who doesn't like to be taken seriously? |
Subject: RE: BS: Anonimity From: Kim C Date: 14 Feb 01 - 12:25 PM Well, I agree with all that... but also in the past there have been members who had legitimate questions of a sensitive and personal nature, which were posted anonymously, usually with the disclaimer "You all know me but due to the subject matter I can't tell you who I am." Of course that's a far cry from somebody who doesn't have anything better to do... |
Subject: RE: BS: Anonimity From: Wesley S Date: 14 Feb 01 - 12:21 PM Unfortunatly anonymity is used often here for the purposes of flaming and getting people all worked up. I can't respect that. It takes a special kind of weasel and/or coward to use that method. My guess is that your average anonymous flaming poster is a male, owns a computer and has a very, very, tiny pecker. And has a complex about it. But that's just my opinion. Wesley Smith |
Subject: RE: BS: Anonimity From: catspaw49 Date: 14 Feb 01 - 12:06 PM Well, my Mom, sainted to me, always told me I could say and do what I wanted, but I always had to be prepared to back it up, to have the courage of my convictions, but to always challenge what I believed. to do any of that required that I stand up and stand behind who I am. Anonymity just doesn't figure into that. Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: Anonimity From: Bert Date: 14 Feb 01 - 11:50 AM Nice thought guest, but unfortunately some guests seem to think "it's easy to be an asshole when no one knows who you are" We're glad that's not you. Bert. |
Subject: Anonimity From: GUEST,guestguestguest(intruder)guest. Date: 14 Feb 01 - 11:38 AM watching the various threads lately, and i'm reminded of something my not-quite-sainted-but-very-often-correct mother said to me... "it's easy to be civilized when someone is watching, but it's more important to be when no one is." |