[Bay Kid]

What is going on with the "guest" thing?

[Moderator]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

What is going on with the "guest" thing?

That was a surprise to the Mods too...we are checking with the Admin on this. Anonymity was not our expectation.

Stay tuned.

[John_W]

The political board that use to be on this website until about the time of the last election, had that feature, no screen names. I think that's a terrific idea. If you put the names back, you've accomplished nothing.

Originally Posted by EviesGP

I agree with Don(GWN). Perhaps you should just open a section/category on 'Politics'? Let those who feel the need to express their opinions, go there? Anyone not interested, can avoid it, as they'll know what they're getting into?

I agree with this. It would be useful if posters stick to opinions and facts and not flame other posters. However, this might be a lot of extra work for the Admins. to monitor. So I don’t see it happening.

[Jack58033]

What???

[thomp679]

I am onboard with this effort

[billlaur]

can you or someone explain to me what a troll is???

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by billlaur

can you or someone explain to me what a troll is???

In Internet slang, a troll is a person who starts flame wars or intentionally upsets people on the Internet by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses and normalizing tangential discussion, either for the troll's amusement or a specific gain.

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by billlaur

can you or someone explain to me what a troll is???

A cute little yard ornament..

[PugMom]

Bogey's definition is probably the best i've seen...ever!

[Nucky]

A Troll is exactly the kind of Poster that the OP is speaking about. Seems like the new Plan is WORKING WELL!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by PugMom

Bogey's definition is probably the best i've seen...ever!

Thanks...however not mine. Old friend Google gets the credit.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by John_W

The political board that use to be on this website until about the time of the last election, had that feature, no screen names. I think that's a terrific idea. If you put the names back, you've accomplished nothing.

Funny thing about that was if you looked at the forum using (I think) Tapatalk or another similar app all actual user names were shown instead of "guest" (or whatever it was). Made for interesting reading.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by John_W

The political board that use to be on this website until about the time of the last election, had that feature, no screen names. I think that's a terrific idea. If you put the names back, you've accomplished nothing.

In my opinion, the fact that no names were required just made people meaner.

[stan the man]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Seems like new posters with old join dates are plentiful. Seems like a number of these posters are coming out swinging. Seems like these are the individuals cause issues......like a troll, but they are not trolls because we can not call them trolls.

I disagree