Re: Reflections from Coe: Looking In The Mirror Again...

Greg Crinklaw wrote:

I feel that the use of aliases on SAA has led to a loss of community
here (what little there was buried in the noise in the first place).
Anybody else agree? If so, please consider signing your posts with a
real name.

I disagree!

From what I've noticed the two most outspoken exponents for posting
with a real name (and against posting with an alias) include in their
signature either a book or software from which they stand to make
financial gain. Furthermore, one or the other of these individuals
will occasionally respond to known trolls and/or off-topic postings
for no apparent reason (unless it's to further propagate the
advertisements contained within their signatures).

If you're not selling something or looking for handouts there's little
reason to provide a true identity or personal contact information with
your postings. The argument that one can tell the worth of a posting
by whether or not an alias is used is totally bogus.

A person's real name, by itself, has no greater significance than a
made up alias. It's only when that name is used to search for a
physical address, phone number or other personal information that it
gains a greater significance.

These occasional postings advocating the use of real names may (or may
not) in reality be efforts to gain names with which to do searches for
more critical personal information. It raises an even larger red flag
when the request comes from someone with something to sell.

Willie R. Meghar
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