Comments on: The Truthiness of Trustworthiness

By: Anonymously sick of the morons on this board

Anonymously sick of the morons on this board — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:44:35 +0000

If this is the caliber of what passes for discussion from posters like 43 through 49, then I think Turfgirl has a valid point in requiring us to register. At the very least it will remove these posters with the middle-school mentality. And if they stop posting simply because they have to register, then it’s obvious they weren’t here to talk about the issues of the day to begin with.

By: Secondhand Sybil

Secondhand Sybil — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:08:41 +0000

Excellent question #48! Excuse us while we consider a response!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:26:43 +0000

Are you sure you’re not SHR and you’re just bipolar?

By: Evil Twin of Secondhand Rose

Evil Twin of Secondhand Rose — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:54:25 +0000

Sorry, but #45 was actually me! Because I am deliciously EVIL! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:18:47 +0000

OK we forgive you now please go away

By: Secondhand Rose

Secondhand Rose — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:40:21 +0000

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT:

Upon further reflection, I now confess that everything I’ve ever posted here is wrong and I am a bad person.

By: HUH?

HUH? — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:23:34 +0000

When I’m not covertly directly my campaign to be Norwalk’s First Blight Czar (I think the epulets on the uniform’s shoulders would make my waist look narrow), I always post with my real name.

By: Call Me Mr. Tibbs

Call Me Mr. Tibbs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:17:58 +0000

I would imagine the postings would drop off considerably if Turfgrrl institutes a registration process. When I first started posting on this blog, I was all like “I’m going to create a really cool handle so everyone knows who I am,” sort of like having a bumper sticker on your car that lets everyone know your position.

Then I started creating different clever handles to deal with the various threads I wanted to engage in. Soon, I dropped any pretense at maintaining even one handle because it was pointless.

The people who are focused on identities rather than the dialogue have got it wrong. The point is that this is a safe place to express an opinion, and not have to fear any backlash from the naysayers, political flunkies, and just plain old crackpots who lurk here, whether they post or not.

I could care less whether I’m talking to Anonymous, anon, anonymouse, et al, ad nauseum.

By: For clarification and readability more than anything else,

For clarification and readability more than anything else, — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:25:06 +0000

Turfgirl should do away with the whole “anonymous” thing. It’s ridiculous trying to follow the gist of a conversation when there’s 6 or 7 “anonymous” posters all making comments. Add to that the people (like me, above, hee hee) who post with a comment where the screen name should be, and someone trying to follow the discussion has a difficult time trying to figure out who’s answering what question or responding to whose comment. I don’t care about the registration bit; just do away with the “anonymous” stuff. What’s so difficult about using a screen name, anyway? You’ll still be anonymous, but the discussion will be easier to follow for all of us.

By: Will The Real Anonymous Please Stand Up

Will The Real Anonymous Please Stand Up — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:04:23 +0000

#38, I commend you for what should have put this whole “we need registration and no anonymouses” discussion to bed (though I’m sure it won’t). To have “Anonymous” called out by “Secondhand Rose” and “turfgrrl” should have struck everyone as odd.

And if the site institutes registration, what will that solve? I create a new Gmail account with a phony name and nonsense address, register here using that email account, and say my name is Mickey Mouse. Voila! I’m not anonymous anymore!

Are the administrators going to ask for two forms of ID at the website’s door, or a valid credit card for registration?