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Originally Posted by Martian
I have been doing this "posting online" thing since before Compuserve and AOL. At one point I ran the "OSU Macintosh Users Bulletin Board Service (BBS)" on a 128K Macintosh connected to my home phone with a 300 baud modem.
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However, one thing that is constant is forums that do require real names are much more polite.
What are your thoughts - I am not suggesting TOTV should change, just asking in general.
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I remember when I "upgraded" from 300 to 1200 baud. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
As for pseudonyms, there is a certain segment of the population who have recently decided that the best way to take over the world is to find out the identities of those whose views differ from their own and to then do everything they can to destroy them via boycotts, online smear campaigns, etc. For that reason alone, people need the option of choosing between using their true name or a pseudonym. Sad world we live in these days ...
kathy