to look at posters' history on Mn

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and not be at all surprised that the ones who come over all bolshie and angry on a few forums spend the majority of their time laying down the law on this AIBU forum .

They are the ones who are intolerant, like a rant and it spills over into every post they make....

Sparkling I know I can rely on you for John Taylor & Rob Lowe expertise. I need someone like that in my life, you fill the void.

I name changed as ex h found some posts of mine in Relationships and went ballistic.
And I mean ballistic.
He didn't like the idea of me asking for advice online at all, especially when he read the LTB comments I'd had.

eatshitderek you live where I was born. Always makes me smile when I see your name

If I namchanged I would completely change my posting style. No 80s would be mentioned. I would be sweary and goady while just staying within talk guidelines.

Would you be able to resist commenting if someone said WetWetWet were better than Duran Duran?

Yep. My new persona would be ten years younger than me and not even know who John Taylor was.

i name change every ten minutes! on another forum where users are allowed to delete old posts, I never name-change, and I think that makes everybody quite responsible for what they post!. but then you don't get hte hilarious amateur arse doctor type of posts either.

ha ha! sparkling. My mum told me John Taylor was gorgeous

The last person I AS'd was during an MRA invasion. One particular poster was very vocal on several threads about how much she liked manly men who wolf whistled at her in the street and let her do all the washing up. A quick AS revealed that six weeks earlier all "her" posts were starting "As a man, I can recommend the Burton's clothes department.." etc.

Thickest troll ever.

I have only had two names since I've been here. I was sorry to resign the first one, but I got seriously outed on a mammoth scale.

I think I've been outed again, but I can't bring myself to change. I get too attached. That's actually true of my life in general . There are a lot of lemons about though.

I've only named changed once and that was because I was fed up with my old user name. I put it in my profile notes anyway because it wasn't done to hide myself or protect my identity or to goad anyone.

I've been outed too. I thought that that was acknowledged to be a serious breach of etiquette. But no. It happened to me, because the poster didn't like what I was posting. The nerve of her. [grrr]

Why is it unnerving to be able to identify writing style?

Mentioning it on the thread is quite a different issue.

And name changing every ten minutes sounds weird and exhausting.

It used to be considered bad form to bring up what posters had said previously, but now it seems to be ok.

I name change out of boredom, mostly. I haven't been particularly secretive about the last couple, because I don't feel the need to be

It is still bad form, Notso.

I've been outed on here and in real life and it makes me very jittery.

If there's a fear of being outed posters should really think about what they are posting. If being outed would cause huge upset and problems maybe don't.

Yes, but sometimes if you are asked a direct question and answer without thinking, it can be enough to out you.

Without thinking is the problem I guess. If you are worried think about everything you post.

You know how posters get though :)

Sparkling do you mean outed in RL or on here?

People post for advice on all sorts of sensitive topics from abortion to domestic violence to issues with friends and family and so on.

I wouldn't care if someone on here knew my old name or AS'd me, but I would be worried if someone in RL figured out this was me.