Anonymity And The Internet

[StephenArdrey]

One of my readers sent me an article. It was posted on the old website I worked for calling people to use their real names when they post comments on articles and in forums. I didn't think much about it until I heard that this is a big movement out there. A movement for people to start being linked to what they say in the cyber world in real life.

I, hate this stupid idea. Do you really want employers knowing why you think hookers and blow are better than church? I have been a ghost writer, I don't get credit for a lot of shit I have written. Nor do I want it really considering the content of what it was I was discussing. There is only one real reason why anybody would want to remove an anonymous aspect to the internet and that is accountability.

I don't hide my kinks. I am kind of a strange cat but I live with it well. I think somewhere in the chaos of GG Allin's performances, there was art. I think some porn stars could make really great legitimate actresses, if they were only allowed to cross over and do something different. I think we could delete 90 percent of the internet, and be better off for it. I also think it is your right, to say what you think and be able to protect your full time job.

I don't want to get overtly political but a Marine was discharged because of statements he made on Facebook. That right there should be enough for anyone not to want to own everything they say. Yeah, there are trolls and douche bags. I would rather deal with them, than to have someone elses opinion stripped from them.

I don't use a handle by choice. I enjoy being able to communicate with people and have them know who they are reading. It's also a marketing thing, because as a writer, your name is your brand. Bill Kunkel, was mentioned on a post not to long ago. I had to shake my head a little bit because I didn't recognize the name. I do recognize The Game Doctor.

Couldn't you imagine the cluster fuck you would have with common names? Do you know how many douche-bags are named Aiden in the United States alone? Millions, and we would have multiple overlaps as well as other bullshit. It's just a bad idea as a whole.

I don't need the whole world knowing, that at one point, I hung out in furry forums to hook up with a hot chick dressed as a raccoon. I don't need everyone knowing that I thought the Vibratron 3000, was just to high in price for a four way dildo/tire tool. It's simple, not everything we say, is who we are.

[FaTony]

If I would've used my real name, I'd probably be in jail by now (or in the future).

[The_YongGrand]

It all depends.

We all put a nickname above our real names in the net. Reason is simple - it's security purposes.

In the borderless and private-free Facebook world, many of us put real names in our Facebook. And that is where trouble started - jobs lost, relationships ruined, institutions collapsed and stuff like that. Even if we cover our names with a nickname, it is still the same.

People can write whatever things on the net and they can get away with that if shit happens. It's hard to send ill-wishes or our schadenfreude expressions to one face to face, but it's real easy to write it in the net/forum/facebook.

In the end, humans should not behave like a morons behind the keyboard.

[StephenArdrey]

It all depends.

We all put a nickname above our real names in the net. Reason is simple - it's security purposes.

In the borderless and private-free Facebook world, many of us put real names in our Facebook. And that is where trouble started - jobs lost, relationships ruined, institutions collapsed and stuff like that. Even if we cover our names with a nickname, it is still the same.

People can write whatever things on the net and they can get away with that if shit happens. It's hard to send ill-wishes or our schadenfreude expressions to one face to face, but it's real easy to write it in the net/forum/facebook.

In the end, humans should not behave like a morons behind the keyboard.

I agree, but you can't deny someone the right to be a moron behind a keyboard.

[The_YongGrand]

Unfortunately, yes - we can't control the behaviour of a(nother) person behind the keyboard.

I've seen people writing suicide notes on Facebook and then dropped dead because others had to instigate.

I've seen people writing ill of a college and get their asses sued because that words cost the institution a lot of money.

More of it, they never give themselves a 3-minute break before pressing the "Send" button.

I always remind myself of the "cause-and-effect" system everytime I write/post something in the net. At least I won't get myself into trouble.