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Originally Posted by Civbert  I think the most important reason for giving your real name - and your church - is accountability. You won't write something on this board that you wouldn't want your mother or pastor to read. When you put your name to what you write, you are taking responsibility for what you say.
Since I've become a member of this site, and a moderator at the Christian Logic Discussion Board, I've had to let everyone know my real name. And since then, I've made that my personal policy. Any website or board I join or post one, will have my real name, if only in my signature.
I also try to post under the user name Civbert when my real name can not be used - which is a better way good way to Google me. But if you follow a link to a Civbert post somewhere, you will often find my real name on the post in the signature.
Do I worry about my privacy? Some.
Do I stay up at night worrying about it? Not at all.
I'd rather be accountable for what I post then feel a sense of anonymity that can temp me to saying something I'd be embarrassed about if my daughter or a church member read it and knew it was me. |
Well said, Anthony. Having my real name attached has made me think where I should put various posts, especially since I link to the board fairly often. I know friends and some others read my posts, so it also suppresses the impulse to use the board as a gossiping outlet. Even what I post about others when I'm asking for advice in interactions with them and I'm using the private forums, I try to use discretion because my name is attached.
This btw, was the main reason I'd suggested the coffee shop awhile back - since Google pops up PB posts like crazy, and since most of us link others to the PB from time to time.