One of the things that c.whiz first asked about when she set up The Forums was whether or not to have people register to post or just allow people to post without registering. After visiting some forums and seeing the kind of posts that comes from people making a knee jerk reaction and making a post in the heat of passion we decided we didn't want those kind of posts on this forum.
The reason C.whiz decided to have people register, (and I concurred) was that if people were to register then they have made an effort to identify themselves and people who identify themselves, we believed, would be more responsible knowing that their name would be on the line.
We didn't think at the time that people might not list their name when they registered. (Okay, we were a little ignorant.
) As of this time there are 10 members who either don't give their name or only a partial name. Some of these people I know, but there are others that I have no idea who they are.
For those who have identified themselves you have my respect. I like talking to people who aren't afraid to be themselves and speak out. This is not meant as a dig to those people who are Unidentified Forum Members. (UFM's :pirat:) We can't require that people tell us who they are. People could put any name in there. So we will allow them to remain incognito.
That is their choice and I respect their right to make that decision. I believe in time people will become more comfortable with this site and this will be less of a concern. What matters is that people follow the Forum rules. We are always looking to improve and if any of you have suggestions we are open to hearing them.
On another note remember that this is a "
Forum" not a "
Blog" we are "
Posting" on this site not "
Blogging."
Thanks for listening.
Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:57 am
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