Why do you alias your RL identity?

[Sparky Kronkite]

I am obviously on this board while "at work" at my profession. I wouldn't like my employer to know how much time I spend here.

And that is my single - only - reason.

If that were not a factor - I would post my RL name in a heart beat.

How about you?

 

[R Nitelight]

You know my name.
Six other Board members know it.
I think that's enough.

 

[Isolde]

I have already posted my first name in one thread, though I prefer not to post my last.

Mainly I use another name simply because I am here to forget my RL stuff. When I am on the board I want to forget about bills, work, etc. and simply have fun.

 

[LittleRedDevil]

I agree with Isolde. I'm here to have fun and forget about RL for a while. I can do whatever I want here. That's the fun of it all.

 

[DarlingBri]

I don't. I am DarlingBri. People call me Bri. It's my name. Other than that, all my details are on my website. No hiding here.

Feel free to call my employer, if you want to talk to me.

 

[Skitten]

Most of the older members know my name and I keep it that way just to be on the safe side if I know you and feel comfortable then I would tell you.

 

[nitengale]

I have been nitengale for so many years, I'd be lost without her.

What's in a name anyway? What benefit would I have in posting my real name? KEY word: benefit.

If you take the time to get to know niten, you'll know me. The real me.

 

[Angel]

I've posted my name repeatedly here. *shrug* Shit Spark, you could stalk me if you wanted, you have my address. LOL.

 

[SpectreT]

Like some egomaniacs, my "screen name" Is a clue to my personality as well as my name. My first name Is Tom, hence the "T", and Spectre just describes how I feel; I'm a presence, barely accorded any attention, and when I am noticed, it just makes everyone uncomfortable....


oh, and Isolde? LOOOOOOOOOOVE your new dolly.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Don't get me wrong - I'm not asking for names -

just reasons.

And shit - see? This is how fucked up a memory old Sparky has.....

And how narrow his perspective is some times.....

Lite? Don't ever recall reading you RL name (you don't have to remind me) but I take your word that I have seen it.

Bri? Had now idea you had a website. Why? I just don't look down. Down at those red houses.

Like I've always been here on this board - I keep it simple - because my mind just doesn't retain a bunch of stuff. For instance.....

I only really ever come to the General Board here.

Don't do Role Play, cyber or phone - just not in me. I do love to flirt though.

Don't know how to post as a Guest.

Don't know how to register as a Virgin of another name - can't get past the system always knowing that I'm Sparky.

I quit reading and writing the stories here quite some time ago. Why? I got bored writing them. And apparently I only like rather eloquent, genuine, female writer's in group situations - and I can't find many good ones here at Lit.

I first became enamored by the intelligence of the people on the board - things like medical, political, engineering, geography, etc., were often discussed and there were many who knew in depth information regarding a wide variety of subject. Sure - this was always peppered with the silly threads and the sex threads - but I obviously found those amusing. I liked cracking the jokes and flash posting quick asides. I liked the spontaneous creativity the rest of the board sparked in me. A cool outlet.

I have always been myself here - I may slightly over embellish a story for artistic sake - usually to push for a grin - just like I do in RL - but I am here exactly like I am in RL. Even descriptions of myself, physically, professionally, etc., - they are very, very accurate.

The only thing I hide is my RL name. Except in communications via e-mail where I often share my pic and real name with others. Some of you have even seen my youngest son.

I tend to gravitate toward those more like me - go figure, doesn't everybody - hence Dix and Exp - I tend to communicate with them most. And on down the line. CGB, TNVix and on and on.

And that is why I like/liked it here - there was a bunch of people very much like me - still are - but the pool of people as it was when I first arrived, has since been polluted - and this has blurred not only my perception and reception of new arrivals but it has also blurred the same in many of my older friends here.

And so - I could not honestly tell you that the board is just as much fun as it has been for me, as it was when I first got here - it isn't.

The pool has become muddied.

 

[R Nitelight]

Sparky Kronkite

You asked once on a thread.
I emailed you.

 

[April]

Sparky. Exactly.

P.S. I've got a site too. Not much, but come check it out if you like. Click the red house.

 

[CreamyLady]

After I wrote "Bindings," I received a great many enquiries as to my availability as a sub, though the word "painslut" was used more often. Some of the email was much more graphic as to my postulated role than my original story was.

I'd really rather not have such people find out where I live.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Thanks Light I guess I kinda remember....

So? You're Josie Wales!!!!???? Hah!

No but - the hotmail folks do get mad when my list gets long and I just start deleting. Your name I'm sure went that route.

You know - I don't even know how to get to the - delete bin, if I've got one - there on hotmail.

And when I get pics of folks - it's hard to keep matching them up with board names - hell - I don't even try.

 

[TN_Vixen]

sparky

I think the problem with looking back and looking at right now is that you can't go back and make that initial posting experience here at the LitBB the same as it was then. Even if the people were still the same, the experience would lose novelty, issues discussed then wouldn't be as stimulating if posted now. Part of what you're feeling is similar to the way passionate lustful love goes from heart-thumping to heart-warming. It may not feel the "same" because over time, you are not the same.

It's unfair to blame the people. I believe that over the course of time there have been many interesting additions to the Lit family. I enjoy reading AllyC, DarlingBri, Dillinger, BrainyBeauty, among others who have registered after I have. The constant influx of new members will always bring a mixture of people you feel are like you and people whom no one understands - no names mentioned. ;-)

I wouldn't have a problem posting my name. My mother knows my handle and reads my posts. I'm not ashamed of having a healthy sexual appetite and enjoying pornography and erotica. I'm not ashamed of most of what I post - I had to qualify that because there have been times I've been online with a little too much drink in me and have gone off on a tangent - kinda like I did to OUTSIDER one night. *sheepish grin* I ended up deleting the text in that particular thread because it just sounded so unlike me. Oh, and sorry OUTSIDER to have been so harsh that night. (smiles)

You get what I'm sayin' sparks?

 

[TygerEyez]

But this is my real name!!! Really!!!!

Okay, so without the Licci, but I was called Licky for almost three years in GradeSchool... evil little, third grade twits...

*grumbles*

^.*.^

 

[DarlingBri]

TNV...

Cheers

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Vix I don't doubt that anyone's initial experience with anything....

is lessoned over time - due to familiarity.

I just think that for some of ur, our lessoned enthusiasim has been hastened by the Troll (not people) the Troll.

As far as "just like lover's" ya know - if we ever could've made it a go - I think the sparks wouldn't wear off for a long, long time. I'd have you bending in so many damn directions you head would be spinning. If anything, I'd wear you ass out long before any enthusiasim eroded our relationship.

 

[TN_Vixen]

*laughing*

I don't doubt it sugar. Just a thought though.. I was wondering if YOU could handle ME? hehe

As for the troll, who cares? The troll only is trouble if people let it be trouble. If you feed it, it'll just keep on coming back. Let it starve to death,shrivel up, turn black & putrid and die a miserable death.

 

[Bonnie Wee Lassie]

Sparky I agree with most of what you are saying but I am also looking forward to what the new batch of people are going to bring to this board. I too miss some of the members that are long gone and the old posts. But I am also sure that once I get to know some of the people who have come since I had to leave for awhile I will feel the same towards them. I love coming here after being away for awhile and seeing members that were just newbies back then and are now regulars.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Why do you alias your RL identity.

Ask Tiggs.

 

[Mischka]

Re: Don't get me wrong - I'm not asking for names -

Hi Sparky. I've been here for almost two months, but I read more than I post and I have not taken the opportunity to say hello to you before now. So greetings and salutations.

To answer your question, my parents chose my "real life" name, and though I like it quite a bit, I favored the idea of choosing my own on-line name. Mischka does not reflect a different on-line "persona" - I am a balanced person in real life, and I attempt to convey the real me here as well. I have a good friend that has started posting here - lavender - so she keeps me in check if I start leaning too far in one direction.

If I may be so bold, I wanted to address a few points in your posts. I wandered onto Lit through a link to the How To Boards. I found my answer, and then started reading a few other threads to see what other gems lurked in this site. After reading the Beasty thread, I decided I wanted to be a part of this place. That one thread (which I think should be required reading for all newbies) contained wit, intelligence, and honest debate. I had never come across a site like this before.

During my short time here, the Boards have undergone what I understand to be a major upheaval. Honestly, I don't care for the departure of the substantive posters and the influx of the shallow mark-and-run group. However, there are still many people I enjoy reading and interacting with. I suppose I am still enchanted with the newness of all of this, but I sincerely do not believe that the Boards are permanently muddied. As TN_Vixen pointed out, the novelty of the place can only carry you so far. Your threads on who is "real" revealed that you have acquaintances that go back quite far. I encourage you to embrace some of us newbies as well. The recent influx of good people I believe more than makes up for the taint of the trolls.

One last point. If your employer has an IS department worth their salt, they are already aware of your time here. My husband ran the IS department for a small computer programming firm (100 employees), and he could see exactly which sites everyone visited. Of course, he didn't care - it was a casual office and they trusted everyone to do their work. Larger or more conservative employers are a different story, however. I have discovered the bigger the employer, the more closely they keep track of the on-line movements of their employees. This is just a word of caution.

 

[DarkAngel]

heehee.. My real name.. uhmm..... errr I hate mine... hehe... thats why I use something else...

But if people want to know its Normand... I could care less how many people know... I own my company and if you want ot hunt me down by all means do so... heeh... more the merrier... eheh

 

[Juliangel]

Why do you alias your RL identity.

Ask Tiggs.

Exactly!!! I have myself and my kids to think about. Two people from this board know my real name and only becuase I know them in real life.

 

[Ticklish Girl]

Mainly I use another name simply because I am here to forget my RL stuff. When I am on the board I want to forget about bills, work, etc. and simply have fun.

I prefer to forget RL too while I'm here. I like to become someone else when I visit, especially on the role playing threads. Too much RL baggage hampers that transformation.