Why don't we end anonymity on Boards?

Kermit.de.frog

Wouldn't boards be a happier and more content place if we all had to use our real names and have our address with an optional telephone number in our sigs? Wouldn't this help build a greater sense of community among us?


Down with anonymity I say! :pac:

I forgot to put in a poll Can a mod put in a poll for me?

Yay
Nay
Your creeping me out


Thanks.

Vojera

Sure thing.

You first :P

Boom_Bap

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Wouldn't boards be a happier and more content place if we all had to use our real names and have our address with an optional telephone number in our sigs? Wouldn't this help build a greater sense of community among us?


Down with anonymity I say! :pac:

I forgot to put in a poll Can a mod put in a poll for me?

Yay
Nay
Your creeping me out


Thanks.

Sure thing Kermit, if that's your real name.

*You're

Boom_Bap

Poll added.

super_furry

Don't think you can suddenly just turn a switch like that. If you really wanted to go down that route, you'd have to implement it on a brand new site or service.

Pac1Man

It would reduce people being sarky coonts with each other.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

My real name is Mahatma.

osarusan

I'm Mary Lou McDonald.

Boom_Bap

I'm Mary Lou McDonald.

osarusan

Sorry, double post there.

Postgrad10

Ronald McDonald.

Mr. CooL ICE

There's anonymity on boards???

kunst nugget

I'm Spartacus

Boom_Bap

Postgrad10 wrote: »

Ronald McDonald.

Aglomerado

I'm Brian, and so is my wife.

WoollyRedHat

Em, this is my real name?

Zaph

Not a chance will this be happening. Some of our mods get enough abuse as it is when people don't know their real names. If they suddenly had to post under their real name and became searchable outside of Boards it's highly likely that some idiots would use that information to harass the mods even more. I know I'd be closing my account if I ever had to post under my real name and I'd expect the vast majority of mods, CMods and admins would do likewise.

BrokenArrows

Yes it would end the fighting but it would result in very bland After Hours threads.

I doubt we would have things like Face kicker, feeky mages, Trent etc

antodeco

Tod Umptious

Snickers Man

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Wouldn't boards be a happier and more content place if we all had to use our real names and have our address with an optional telephone number in our sigs? Wouldn't this help build a greater sense of community among us?

It's called Facebook.
Or Twitter.

waraf

I'm not sure about including an address and phone number (particularly if I was a woman) but I wouldn't see much harm in including your real name

marcbrophy

My real name is Mark :pac:

jamesbere

I'm Keyser Soze

Poll options should be "yea or nay". Yea sounds like yay but is used for voting. Anyway i vote nay

Kimbot

Zaph wrote: »

Not a chance will this be happening. Some of our mods get enough abuse as it is when people don't know their real names. If they suddenly had to post under their real name and became searchable outside of Boards it's highly likely that some idiots would use that information to harass the mods even more. I know I'd be closing my account if I ever had to post under my real name and I'd expect the vast majority of mods, CMods and admins would do likewise.

But I know who you are, I know how to find you, however I will only leave little notes around to tell you that you need to buy milk or something like that :P

Atoms for Peace

I'm the lead singer is a critically acclaimed band. Try and guess who i am.

Shenshen

Snickers Man wrote: »

It's called Facebook.
Or Twitter.

Wouldn't even give my real name there. It's beyond me why people do that.

CruelCoin

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Wouldn't boards be a happier and more content place if we all had to use our real names and have our address with an optional telephone number in our sigs? Wouldn't this help build a greater sense of community among us?

Happier, maybe, usefull? No.

If you remove the barrier to identity, then nobody would feel able to speak their mind in todays SJW PC climate.

osarusan

bluewolf wrote: »

Poll options should be "yea or nay". Yea sounds like yay but is used for voting. Anyway i vote nay

You vote 'Nay' for change, or 'Nay' for anonymity?

Stonedpilot

My real name is Leo Varadkar.

fryup

end anonymity??

with all the times i've slagged off ISIS no thanks, i'd be dead within a week!

Permabear

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Atoms for Peace

Stonedpilot wrote: »

My real name is Leo Varadkar.

I suppose you have a bunch of spin doctors working way, on the backs on the taxpayers, doing the posting for you. :pac:

LirW

Nah, we need to protect nox, because if his details go online... jesus.

Your Face

My real name is My Face.

Myface Hertz.

DefinitelyMarc

No, it's terrible.

People keep visiting my personal website and calling me by my real name, I hate it

Atoms for Peace

I may have posted things on the "somebody unusual you fancy" thread that I don't want in the public domain.

LadyMacBeth_

My real name? Have you seen what I post? Jaysus, I'd be out the gap, riding off into the sunset on my dildo.

DivingDuck

I don't use FB because it's not anonymous. Real-name social media is a scourge on the internet, where you have to pretend to be interested in dreck just because your mammy/boss/third cousin in Australia posted it. No, mam, I didn't know that some people were pretending to be Nigerian princes and trying to scam people— thanks for the heads up, that's great. Yes, sir, I think your cat looks brilliant in his new hat and I hope it makes him think about my promotion. Thanks, Jenny, I couldn't possibly have gotten through my day without knowing your new baby spit up six times when you were trying to feed her, who knew babies did that?! Like. Like. Like.

You also have to be very careful you never mention being on holidays, etc. in case it gets your house robbed or whatever.

I like being able to post here and give advice and ask questions without worrying about having to worry about security or feign interest in the irrelevant minutiae of other people's lives. There are too many non-anon spaces on the internet these days.

...I've actually turned into Father Jack now, haven't I?

keith_sixteen

Zaph wrote: »

Not a chance will this be happening. Some of our mods get enough abuse as it is when people don't know their real names. If they suddenly had to post under their real name and became searchable outside of Boards it's highly likely that some idiots would use that information to harass the mods even more. I know I'd be closing my account if I ever had to post under my real name and I'd expect the vast majority of mods, CMods and admins would do likewise.

If people were posting publicly - would moderation even be needed?

Zaph

keith_sixteen wrote: »

If people were posting publicly - would moderation even be needed?

It would, because no matter what name they're posting under some people can't help being dicks.

5rtytry56

I'm snotzer

that "retired" Den puppet on rte children's telly.

keith_sixteen

Zaph wrote: »

It would, because no matter what name they're posting under some people can't help being dicks.

Agreed. At least they would be dicks in public for all to see. With employers trawling through candidates online presence these days, I for one would certainly be less dickish :P

Sam Kade

Pac1Man wrote: »

It would reduce people being sarky coonts with each other.

WTF are you on about ya thick Cnut

DivingDuck

keith_sixteen wrote: »

Agreed. At least they would be dicks in public for all to see. With employers trawling through candidates online presence these days, I for one would certainly be less dickish :P

When you don't know who they are (and, more importantly, don't have to worry about them knowing who you are), dicks on the internet are incredibly easy to ignore, though.

Some random person you've never met or will meet disagrees with you— so what? Keep scrolling.

Beta Ray Bill

My Name is Graham
I Live is Raheny


and I have a HUGE....















Horsepower Bike

Permabear

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Day Lewin

My name is Lewin and I make shirts all day, every day. For the Sexuality forum and the Difficult Personal Issues forum. I think not.

Dravokivich

I don't see the point in it. If it has to happen, we can be indentified once the required orders are submitted by Garda.

So what would be the benefit to such a change?

What does it matter to anyone else here, who I may or may not be? Do you think it'll lead me to be more considerate in my commentary, or others will be softer in response? The journal links comments through Facebook and it's horrendous for the most part. Google put in a lot of work to reduce the use of alias's on YouTube. Hasn't prevented their comments from consistamtly overflowing with crap.

These are issues with the environment these people post within. And how one identifies themselves has little bearing on it. Boards has it's share of trolls, or people using disposable alias's, but so what of it? Overall it's not really disruptive here.

It would thing its more of an issue for the like of the Journal.ie because it has to be one or the other for the journal the comments come from their Facebook but some commentators still try to be anonymous kinda wanting to have it both ways.