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Originally Posted by reformedman  This is one reason that I can't understand why this board would require us to publicly post our real name. Even though most of us have nothing to hide, it can in the minutest way, place some minor danger at most, or open us to cyber insult at minimum but at any rate, there truly is no valid reason for our requirement to post our real name. Think of it this way, what would happen if all these years, it turns out I have been using a pseudoname(not sure if that's the word which authors and writers use to preserve their identity). If I did, would it have changed absolutely anything? Would my posts in the theological or the covenental areas make any difference? I can't imagine they would. I truly think that the true name should be a 'request' but not 'mandatory', so that people have the option and the responsibility then more clearly falls on the visitor. Some visitors don't realize that as soon as you sign your John Hancock on the registration, you are in Google in about 4 days time.
Just a thought and a suggestion.  |
As the one who drafted the rule requiring non-anonymity, let me say that anonymous writing on the internet is the source of no end of problems. Those who feel that they can speak with impunity are overwhelmingly more likely to insult, demean and injure others. I have seen it time and time again. The level of discourse here is much better than on other boards
precisely because of the name rules.
This has been confirmed by the lack of charity and civility by the few persons here who refused to give their name or lied about their identity.