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MorganGrayson · 01-09-2006

Once again, I am flushed with power and start my own thread rather than wade through posts to attempt to find the question.

Yes, rhetorical, quite often it is the custom to use *SOME* real names on a message board.

Dravyk has unwittingly volunteered for this - mostly because he knows what "unwittingly" means.

"Dravyk" is "Harry." "Dravyk" has been "Harry" since 1997. (Actually, he was "Harry" for a good deal longer than that. Way before "Dravyk" came along.) There have been many threads that started with "Harry - Call Me!" There's probably more than one "Harry," "Harold" or whatever out there in adult internet land...but it was "Dravyk" that picked up the phone in response to this post.

A lot of other people are the same. They respond to their nicks or their real names. I'm not one of those people. I'm always "Morgan" on the boards, but that's not what it says on my driver's license. I am my real name with certain people in ICQ and e-mail, however. It makes me smile when these people address me by my real name. I don't want the entire adult 'net doing it, though.

I can run down a mental list of people that I know respond to both their nicks and real names. I also have a mental list of those who only use nicks, even though I know their real names.

My only point is that it's very easy to get these two lists confused. Posting *to* a particular person feels quite like speaking to them, and one can forget the world at large is reading along. Sometimes it *is* custom to use real names. Sometimes it is not. And sometimes, more often than we'd like, mistakes happen.

I hope that helped. Or, if nothing else, was mildly pleasant to read.

01-09-2006	#1
MorganGrayson None $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,321	Real names on a message board Once again, I am flushed with power and start my own thread rather than wade through posts to attempt to find the question. Yes, rhetorical, quite often it is the custom to use SOME real names on a message board. Dravyk has unwittingly volunteered for this - mostly because he knows what "unwittingly" means. "Dravyk" is "Harry." "Dravyk" has been "Harry" since 1997. (Actually, he was "Harry" for a good deal longer than that. Way before "Dravyk" came along.) There have been many threads that started with "Harry - Call Me!" There's probably more than one "Harry," "Harold" or whatever out there in adult internet land...but it was "Dravyk" that picked up the phone in response to this post. A lot of other people are the same. They respond to their nicks or their real names. I'm not one of those people. I'm always "Morgan" on the boards, but that's not what it says on my driver's license. I am my real name with certain people in ICQ and e-mail, however. It makes me smile when these people address me by my real name. I don't want the entire adult 'net doing it, though. I can run down a mental list of people that I know respond to both their nicks and real names. I also have a mental list of those who only use nicks, even though I know their real names. My only point is that it's very easy to get these two lists confused. Posting to a particular person feels quite like speaking to them, and one can forget the world at large is reading along. Sometimes it is custom to use real names. Sometimes it is not. And sometimes, more often than we'd like, mistakes happen. I hope that helped. Or, if nothing else, was mildly pleasant to read.