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andym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:05 AM
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Poll question: How many DUers would post the same material on this board if it were not anonymous?
Edited on Thu Mar-20-08 02:28 AM by andym
It would be interesting to know how many people here would post on this board if their real identity was publicly available.
Would the rancor be reduced or would there be no effect?
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:07 AM
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1. There would be no change to my posting...
I am who I depict myself to be...

I avoid flame-wars...

:hi:
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Adams Wulff Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:09 AM
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2. No Change.
I don't consider myself anonymous. Plus, I have to sleep at night. At some point.






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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:19 AM
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3. I couldn't change if I wanted to...which I don't.
What you see is what you get...for good or ill. ;)
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ThatBozGuy Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:22 AM
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4. My ID is related to my stage name and directly leads to me in RL , there is no Anonymity in my case
Edited on Thu Mar-20-08 02:22 AM by ThatBozGuy
So yes I would post the same.
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andyrowe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:22 AM
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5. Seeing how I was dumb enough to use my real name
as my username, it's pretty clear I'd be posting the same stuff.
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:25 AM
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Same here, lol n/t
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cbayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:26 AM
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7. same here
got nothing to hide
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:25 AM
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6. I'd have no problem posting the same stuff or
saying what i say. If I tell you off here?
You can bet on it that I'll tell you off in real life. ;)
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better tomorrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:30 AM
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8. I would post the same because the FBI knows where to find me anyway.....
if they really wanted to through Dubya's secret intelligence program. Hi boys and girls!!!!
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 02:35 AM
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9. I would post the same
even though this is just a screen name the feelings I post are real. When someone calls me a name or disagrees with me or even praises me how I feel about it is the same as if it was all under my real name.
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Petrushka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 04:44 AM
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10. If my posts weren't anonymous, I'd still post the same material . . . but, then, I'd have to change
my profile in order to send google searchers on a wild-goose chase. As it is now, on the few boards where I'm using my real name, folks have already figured out that I'm really a dominatrix posting from a dungeon in Canada.

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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 06:14 AM
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11. No change at all.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 06:22 AM
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12. I would go easier on my anti-gun and anti-conspiracy posts. These people flip out sometimes.
Edited on Thu Mar-20-08 06:23 AM by Perry Logan
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andym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 10:19 AM
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14. Hidden profiles vs real name handles
It's especially interesting that in the interests of greater anonymity some posters use hidden profiles, while others are so transparent as to use their real names as handles.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-20-08 06:24 AM
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13. If people knew who I really was, it would ruin my career.
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