AIBU to ask

[Screamingontheinside]

This by no means meant in an insult to those that have but...when somebody posts on here and they have name changed for that particular post, why does the poster insist on saying they have? Genuinely curious.

Because otherwise they are accused of being trolls.

Surely the trolls could just say "oh but I've namechanged"?

Exactly, I just don’t get it.

That’s why they mention Pom bears and naice ham (nope - no idea either).

Like Hedda says. It sometimes stops “interesting first post OP” with a face.

Like Sneaky says though, you only need a quick nosey on here to know to write “namechanged, pombears, lemon drizzle cake...”

I always just think “Yeah, anyway...”when I read those apparent qualifiers.

That lemon drizzle cake thread was awesome!

I need an update.

It is usually because it is a potentially identifying situation that they are describing and so they don't want to use their regular name as if someone recognises the op from rl they could then read personal stuff they have previously posted.

That is why they do it... Still don't understand why they say it

Because back in the olden days, when beakers were just beakers and all this were nowt but fields, saying name changed and mentioning a few old classics was enough that no one would question even the wildest tale, you know before we all realised how easy it is to have a quick nosey and lie about having been around a while.