Just Wondering ET, Why the Anonymity?

acronym · Oct 8, 2007

Dont forget, many dont have real names, having been raised by tribes of truculent baboons.

rateesquad · Oct 8, 2007

B/c people like privacy?????

rateesquad · Oct 8, 2007

Quote from ess1096:

Why do you think most ET'ers (myself included) hide behind anonymous screen names and wont so much as reveal even their first names? (With the exception of just a few like Don Bright, Jack Hershey and.....dare I say it......Timmy Sykes.)

Unlike a forum like Yahoo, we all had to register to use this one, so you would think it would be a little less crowded by trolls. I've been on many other non-trading forums where participants knew each other by name and sometimes would use a self-photo as an avatar or even a link to their personal website in their signatures.

So why the fear? Why the anonymity? My opinion is this; because many here are living a fantasy, an alter ego if you will. And as long as they don't reveal their true identity they just might pull it off.

By the way, my name is Don

B/c for instance people dont want others to know their info, for instance that you live in Levittown, and other info...you see

ess1096 · Oct 9, 2007

Quote from rateesquad:

B/c people like privacy?????

Thank you for pointing out the obvious Mr. Simpleton. I was hoping for something a bit deeper than that. Especially from a "Moderator" of the Psychology board.

zdreg · Oct 9, 2007

Quote from ess1096:

Thank you for pointing out the obvious Mr. Simpleton. I was hoping for something a bit deeper than that. Especially from a "Moderator" of the Psychology board.

maybe it is easier to accept gratuitous insults like yours above when people don't know your real name.

William Rennick · Oct 9, 2007

Did somebody call? You;ve got my name, now here is where I ilve, got a pen... write this down. It's on 123 AssKick Street, Your-Mama-is-my-ho-ville USA.

Rennick out

Cocaine · Oct 9, 2007

Rateesquad is like 15 years old, cant believe ET lets people moderate who are so young.

Quote from ess1096:

Thank you for pointing out the obvious Mr. Simpleton. I was hoping for something a bit deeper than that. Especially from a "Moderator" of the Psychology board.

Mvic · Oct 9, 2007

Quote from zdreg:

maybe it is easier to accept gratuitous insults like yours above when people don't know your real name.

Certainly easier to make them.

Personally I like the freedom of being able to make comments (like in the rent vs buy conversation for example or in the PL thread) without freinds and family googling my name and finding all my private info on ET

jaronimo · Oct 9, 2007

Quote from William Rennick:

Did somebody call? You;ve got my name, now here is where I ilve, got a pen... write this down. It's on 123 AssKick Street, Your-Mama-is-my-ho-ville USA.

Rennick out

LOL.

Thats funny, I didn't know we were neighbors.

Wayne Gibbous · Oct 9, 2007

Quote from Steve Tvardek:

I got nothing to hide

Yeah, right. As if someone would really name a kid "Steve Tvardek".

Just f*ckin' with you! My name ain't "Max Power" either. But it would be cool to be named "Hugh Johnson"!

Good trading.