The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65255   Message #1085133
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
03-Jan-04 - 06:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Guest Postings
Subject: RE: BS: Guest Postings
Borrowing some words from Amos

I don't FEAR anonymous posters. The main thing that gets me going is not anonymity but anti-social posts which are couched in vague and negative generalizations, broad condemnations unsupported by specifics, and other stock in trade of the pusillanimous.

The other thing is that when someone says some interesting, there is no way to contact them to ask to follow up on it. Like when some anonymous GUEST said they know how to "bend notes on Piano Cccordions", I suspected that they were just spouting crap (which as it turns out they were!), but I always am prepared to to discover something that I don't know and learn some thing new.

I now totally distrust anything said by anonymous GUESTs in this place - but might be prepared to take some notice of those "named GUESTS" who always use the same moniker - but there is no guarantee against ANYONE using such a moniker.

I think this discussion has gone around in circles for long enough - it's covering no new ground.

If it is still grinding away in a few days time, I shall start posting songs in here... :-)

Robin