I just want one good reason!

Bonnie Wee Lassie

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Why members of this board use Troll names to make a comment on a thread? Are they too scared what they are going to say will make them hated or ridiculed?

I personally have never used another name. I don't care if someone out there doesn't like what I have to say.

I would really like to know why members do this? Are you scared you won't be one of the "in crowd" anymore when you disagree with one of you fellow posters comments?
 
lilfrk said:

Could it be...Might it be...Because they are cowards?

I don't think it's that lilfrk, I think they feel safer using another persona, a way of getting something off their chests, without revealing who they are. Something they would feel uncomfortable doing, whilst in their recognised name.

Carl
 
Bonnie Wee Lassie said:
Why members of this board use Troll names to make a comment on a thread? Are they too scared what they are going to say will make them hated or ridiculed?

I personally have never used another name. I don't care if someone out there doesn't like what I have to say.

I would really like to know why members do this? Are you scared you won't be one of the "in crowd" anymore when you disagree with one of you fellow posters comments?

a better question is why do lit members go to another members board and bash on lit while at the same time they post happily on lit. laurel knows who i am cause i emailed her, no one else needs to know, i've been here longer than you bwl so i'm not a troll. you on the other hand are a hypocrite.
 
But even if they use there nic how is anyone going to know them in RL unless they have told. You think Bonnie is my real name? Ha not. I think me saying something here will not get back to the people I work with and live with.

The only thing that concerns me is who are our real online friends? I could tell someone I think they are a nice person and then change my name and tell them off. Where is the trust?

Ok why am I a hypocrite? I will tell people over here what I have said at the other board. I have said what many others have. I am sick of all the fighting, and backstabbing being done around here. I am also addressed the fact that it is too competitive lately about the number of posts people have and it is like a race. I don't care how long you have been here. But I do think it is silly you have to hide behind another name and go tell mommy on me!
 
Carl East said:
lilfrk said:

Could it be...Might it be...Because they are cowards?

I don't think it's that lilfrk, I think they feel safer using another persona, a way of getting something off their chests, without revealing who they are. Something they would feel uncomfortable doing, whilst in their recognised name.

Carl

i.e. because they are cowards???
 
I thought so. Carl just said it nicer than I did. Thank You Todd.
 
Thank you lilfrk, Carl and todd. I appreciate the replys.
And naked Lashers site is the board we are talking about.
 
it's tacky to blatantly advertise another site especially a site where everyones bashing on this one including the webmaster. you have no class. you claim that everything you said over there youd say here but i don't remember you doing that.
 
Stop! Enough already! Drop it! What people say is out of my control and none of my business. I can only assume that if anyone had any real complaints, they'd air them here or they'd let me know personally via email. The fact that they air them elsewhere leads me to believe it's just typical human nature-type bitching and moaning. This is further backed up by the fact that they all still visit Lit, so we must not be that bad. :) The ones who don't visit Lit - well, that's none of my business either. We get 100,000 unique visitors to the site a day (and growing), so for me to fret about every one would be very time-consuming. I appreciate your intentions, bored, but don't waste your time.
 
Ok what have I said over there that I wouldn't say here? I have no class.....look who is talking at least I am using my name. As for the webmaster putting down Lit you are so wrong. When he mentioned Lit on his site he prasied it and he has Links going to this site. Next I am not advertising his site on here. Many members know about it already and it was mentioned in a previous thread a couple of days ago.

I want to know what you think I have said over there that I would not say here?
 
Well, I have something to say about this. I go over to another board specifically to get away from a couple of people here. It's nice and quiet over there. Unfortunately, what I deem the "undesirable" element has found their way over there, and brought their nonsense posting, annoy as many as possible, thread hijacking ways with them. If I were Lasher, which I am not, I would boot their asses so fast, they would get whiplash!
 
Eos

I don't think they'll be spending a great deal of time there when Lit is up and running.

;)
 
A slightly off-topic vent

First of all, I'd just like to say that I've never posted under another name.. This is just the right amount of anonymity for me. As those of you who can remember some of the more heated discussions I've gotten into know, I -like- taking credit for anything I might say that could piss people off.

ANYway.. Bonnie said something that has always irked me about the 'net, chat, what have you: "Who are our real online friends?'

The concept of 'online friends' has always been, and will always be, beyond me. When I meet people online that I take to and we become friends, we become FRIENDS, getting involved in each other's lives actively enough to where prefacing the term with the word 'online' would seem pretty silly. Xander's a perfect example of that; he's my friend, not my online friend-- more than that, he's my partner when it comes to my music.

Know how I can be sure he doesn't put on a fake name and talk about me behind my back? Two reasons: I don't demean the friendship by qualifying it, and because I know him. This may be a guess, but.. If we all took the time to develop the level of closeness with someone that we profess to have, we'd know who our friends are.

But hey, that's just me. :D I've only ever met two people on this board I disliked, and they knew it.. As did the rest of the board, I'm sure. *LOL*
 
Endlessly. I am honored to call you my friend. And I hope we'll continue to be so. And yes. The new music is coming along greatly...or so I think.

Anyway. I have never posted under another name either. In spite of what some people here may think.
Endlessly was the very first friend I made off this board. And I'm happy to say that it still stands.
I've made a lot of friends of this board, Including Madam and tech nerd themselves.
I've also learned what the downside of online friends can be. But hey, haven't we all.

Why people post under different names I have no idea about. Everyones selfconfidence should be high enough to allow them to post under their regular name. But hey, that's just my opinion.
 
Just for the record...

I've never posted under anything but my one user name which is the title of my book. My real name is on my web site. If I'm unhappy here I'll do what I do after eating in really bad restaurants...leave and never come back!
 
I am not a troll. I am nothing. Nobody gives a shit if I live or die so far as this site is concerned.

I post anyway: it's my way of kissing my own ass.

I am an idiot. I am a cosmic mistake. I have always felt it.
 
What you see is what you get

Nope, not afraid to post under "Cheyenne" no matter what the topic. What you see is what you get- this is me. I don't need to hide behind troll names.

I was over on the other board today for a little bit, too, bored and I don't remember seeing anything there that was so terrible. I must have missed it. And I certainly don't remember ever seeing Lasher say a bad word about Lit! Unless you can call working on his own site so he doesn't have much free time to come here "bashing" Lit.
 
riff, I care...

Or rather, I care if you chose that name from the Sluggy Freelance comics? :D
 
Thank you for the support guys. Laurel I didn't want to make you mad by posting this thread. I am just defending myself and I know I did not write bashing things about Lit. I like Lit alot and I know it goes through phases and it always comes around full circle. I just hate people who hide behind masks.
 
riff,

It's not that no one cares! I think with so many people visiting this site every day, it is easy to get lost in the shuffle. It is really hard to stand out here, unless you post 50 times a day. And I think that's the real reason that the more prolific posters do it. They want so much to be a part of the 'family' and the only way to do that is to make themselves noticed. So if it really bothers you that much I suggest you start posting more.
 
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