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Originally Posted by fredtgreco  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. |
Would this goal (keeping people from speaking unchristlike with annonymity) still be able to be accomplished by requiring this information to be given to the PB admins and mods, but not making the signature lines display this information? It requires acountability of the members to those operating the board, but keeps their private information private, if they desire. I know I personally feel leery having my full name, church and city listed for all on the internet to see. It does feel a bit disconcerting knowing this world is full of wierdos and those who would desire to persecute the church.
Just a friendly suggestion. I appreciate the hearts of the moderators and board owner here to keep us accountable.
Thank you!