I Post with My Real Name

[Nimcha]

I will Declare that I Ignited the Dumbest flame war ever!!!!

Don't flatter yourself, have you looked at any of the DA2 threads?

 

[MaxwellMurder]

I think the only time someone sheds internet anonymity and starts taking some responsibility for what they say is if they've stuck with one name/persona for several years - on several different boards. If people recognise you between one place and another, or can google your name and come up with fifty pages of crap that you once said, then you've got something of a reputation to answer to.

So basically, try using your real name for the next five or ten years so that you're TRULY responsible for everything you say IRL and out. Then it might be worth bragging about.

I have Been EvanMott1 on YouTube Since December 2008

 

[drisky]

My real name is David Driscoll, Its boring, common, and there for still makes me unaccountable.
Besides my brother is on here quite a bit and can read my posts at anytime. Acting normal on the internet isn't that hard anyways.

 

[Kopikatsu]

I think having a Facebook or Myspace account is more 'responsible'.

Especially because people post messages that seem like they think they're still anonymous...then they wonder why they got fired for calling their boss a 'shit-faced asswipe who works at craptastic incorporated'

Edit: If my boss is reading this right now, I LOVE YOU AND THE COMPANY! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

 

[Hussmann54]

My username gives some background detail. there is a hint for ya

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

Completely pointless. I've never understood the significance people attach to using real names on the internet. For one, there's no way to verify that it's authentic in most cases. But more importantly, barring exceedingly uncommon names, most are far, far from a unique identifier.

If you accomplished anything by using your real name, it was making identity theft a tiny bit easier. Lack of any sort of unique and authenticated identifier prevents your "bravery" from really meaning anything.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

But now if i say something dumb or racist, people can correct me off of the escapist. Even thou I would not

You see many Escapists in passing on the street? Lucky you.
My username might as well be my real name. I like it better, and it's what I'd like to be called when I meet...internet people.

Same here. It doesn't help that my first name makes me incredibly stalkable...

But Redlin has components of my real name in it and 5 is my favorite number. It feels like a real name to me.

[sub]I always take responsibility for what I say...[/sub]

 

[ChildofGallifrey]

I still use various usernames because I'm an obsessive fan of certain things, but my real name is always proudly displayed on my profile. Go ahead, go check. It's right there, along with a picture of me and my adorable baby daughter. I hide nothing!!

 

[MaxwellMurder]

Completely pointless. I've never understood the significance people attach to using real names on the internet. For one, there's no way to verify that it's authentic in most cases. But more importantly, barring exceedingly uncommon names, most are far, far from a unique identifier.

If you accomplished anything by using your real name, it was making identity theft a tiny bit easier. Lack of any sort of unique and authenticated identifier prevents your "bravery" from really meaning anything.

This is not about Bravery it is about Transparency

 

[DSK-]

Because one day I decided to stop hiding and take 100% responsibility for what I'm saying.

You're bad ass-ness knows no bounds. You sir, are hardcore beyond reckoning.

*bows down*

Third time posting this fucking reply. Stupid forum >_>

 

[MaxwellMurder]

Because one day I decided to stop hiding and take 100% responsibility for what I'm saying.

You're bad ass-ness knows no bounds. You sir, are hardcore beyond reckoning.

*bows down*

Third time posting this fucking reply. Stupid forum >_>

You can't Repel sarcasm of that magnetude

 

[Kaarnage]

Because one day I decided to stop hiding and take 100% responsibility for what I'm saying.

My real name is Matthew Willoughby, and you're a tool star!

 

[Laser Priest]

I wanna be like you when I grow up.

Actually, I accept full responsibility for everything I say, because everything I say is great.

 

[MaxwellMurder]

Because one day I decided to stop hiding and take 100% responsibility for what I'm saying.

My real name is Matthew Willoughby, and you're a tool star!

Im sorry that your first response was to be a jerk, But you think im implying you are a coward for having a fake name you are mistaken.

 

[MaxwellMurder]

I wanna be like you when I grow up.

Actually, I accept full responsibility for everything I say, because everything I say is great.

Oh Necromancer Jim you incredibly late medic

 

[Mishi]

This is not about Bravery it is about Transparency

Transparency isn't all it's cracked up to be. People have different facets that they show in different situations - who you are at work isn't the same as who you are among your family, nor the same as who you are among you friends, nor who you are on the internet. Messing with that is sometimes dangerous.

 

[Doitpow]

There's no difference between using your real name instead of a username. It's not as if you're the only person in the world with your name.

Actually there is. You open up the possibilty of some-one you know reading what you wrote and being able to talk with you eye to eye about it.

 

[Kaarnage]

Because one day I decided to stop hiding and take 100% responsibility for what I'm saying.

My real name is Matthew Willoughby, and you're a tool star!

Im sorry that your first response was to be a jerk, But you think im implying you are a coward for having a fake name you are mistaken.

What can I say? I'm a colourful person

And I didn't mean it in a jerk way. I merely wanted to express that quite a few people are willing to replace their e-peen for a real... peen.

My apologies.

 

[LCP]

You can call me Pooch, that's what everyone calls me IRL

 

[WilliamRLBaker]

Um I do....and it means nothing really...