Now this is funny. Why in the world would anyone want a job and have a
family when they could be posting to Yahoo FFL all day and night? LoL!
You don't want to use your real name because you have children and a
job, so you need to maintain your privacy. And, the other gal apparently
has no offspring, and uses her professional name in her sig and as her
handle, so she can what, drum up more business? Go figure.
On 12/1/2013 9:54 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:
Re "People that post here anonymously are not real people.":
Real enough. They pay taxes; have their hearts broken; suffer;
rejoice; feel guilty; have children . . .
As I've said before, who wants to post on-line using their real name
when anyone (including their enemies) can then Google their name and
see what they've been up to; what views they hold; what their
interests are; what upsets them, etc. On-line anonymity means you
remain free to disclose to others exactly how much or how little you
want them to know about you.
Of course, we're living in an age in which people are happy to go on
TV and reveal to the world their most intimate personal and sexual
secrets, but count me out thanks!
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote:
Good point, Ann. People that post here anonymously are not real
people, in the sense that they have any real attributes - it could be
and probably is, just all made up avatars or personas. In that they
have an advantage over the informants who use their real names. Lot's
of people have hidden agendas. Often it's just a result of
frustration. Most people want to be heard, to have a voice, any kind
of voice, so they can be remembered for at least saying something -
being famous for at least one second.
Anonymous respondents are usually, but not always, people that
shouldn't even be posting on the internet in the first place. I
suspect that many of the secret informants are posting on company time
using company computers, or they are up to some other nefarious
activities and don't want to be caught. Others who don't want to use
their real name may be just trying to hide what they post from their
significant other. Go figure.
Hoaxers can also post and say just about anything without taking
taking any personal responsibility for what they say. There's very
little accountability in some chat rooms and there's not much
moderation. That's why so many threads here go down the drain so
quickly - human excrement always flows downstream to a lower level.
That's what happened over on Usenet at <alt.meditation.transcendental>
- the real honest respondents can't defend themselves very well when
attacked by someone they don't even know from Adam. And, in the end,
no one really cares what happens on a news group anyway - it's all
transient. But, there are a few who take pride in anything they do and
that's where it gets interesting for the serious writers; they learn
from others no matter what the media.
So, it's really just a game of sorts for people that like to write
using plain text. Some people just feel better when they have someone
to talk to. I mean, if the chat-room yakkers had anything better to
do, they would be doing it, right?
Personal attacks kind of go with the territory. It's fun to make fun
of people sometimes - but often some respondents take things much too
seriously and get really personal and hold grudges. People that want
to post honestly always run the risk of getting slandered and slimmed
to no end. But, if it's too hot for some people, then should just get
out of the kitchen!
In my case, I've been building up a data base of 10,000 notes that
will form my book about spiritual paths (no it won't have anything in
it about Judy and Barry). LoL!
Read more:
http://www.rwilliams.us/archives.htm
On 12/1/2013 8:04 PM, awoelflebater@... <mailto:awoelflebater@...>
wrote:
If people don't even want to give their real names here how do you
expect them to want to spill the beans on their own personal deity?!
