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Edward Dolan
Guest
I must confess I have a terrific bias in favor of members of newsgroups who
use their real names. I think what happens when you use a user name is that
you tend to hide behind it and behave more or less like a scoundrel.
However, if you are going to use a user name, then it had best make some
kind of sense. I will not stand for gobbledygook.
Take NYC XYZ for instance. Such a user name I will shorten to NYC in order
to keep it from becoming an alphabet soup. NYC is not a bad user name since
he is from NYC and he often tells us a few things about the Big Apple every
now and then. I can live with this kind of a user name.
Other user names I will either shorten or even reconstruct them if they are
too ridiculous. Take x1134x as an example. Sorry, but this user name makes
no sense to me at all and I will reconstruct it if and when it ever becomes
necessary to refer to him in a message of mine. I might call him Double X or
Numbers or some other such name, but I will never refer to him as x1134x. It
is too hard to type that. Besides, numbers are not names. Like I said, I
will not stand for gobbledygook.
It may be that there are good reasons for some using a user name instead of
their real name, but if the newsgroup is reputable I do not see the
necessity of it. The very worst scoundrels I have ever encountered on any
group were always using a user name whereas all those who use their real
names turn out not to be such bad fellows no matter how much I might
disagree with them. Civility normally goes right out the window with
anonymity.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
use their real names. I think what happens when you use a user name is that
you tend to hide behind it and behave more or less like a scoundrel.
However, if you are going to use a user name, then it had best make some
kind of sense. I will not stand for gobbledygook.
Take NYC XYZ for instance. Such a user name I will shorten to NYC in order
to keep it from becoming an alphabet soup. NYC is not a bad user name since
he is from NYC and he often tells us a few things about the Big Apple every
now and then. I can live with this kind of a user name.
Other user names I will either shorten or even reconstruct them if they are
too ridiculous. Take x1134x as an example. Sorry, but this user name makes
no sense to me at all and I will reconstruct it if and when it ever becomes
necessary to refer to him in a message of mine. I might call him Double X or
Numbers or some other such name, but I will never refer to him as x1134x. It
is too hard to type that. Besides, numbers are not names. Like I said, I
will not stand for gobbledygook.
It may be that there are good reasons for some using a user name instead of
their real name, but if the newsgroup is reputable I do not see the
necessity of it. The very worst scoundrels I have ever encountered on any
group were always using a user name whereas all those who use their real
names turn out not to be such bad fellows no matter how much I might
disagree with them. Civility normally goes right out the window with
anonymity.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota