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Author: John Morton
Date: 2017-08-29 02:04
How interesting to finally see this subject discussed, after 25 yrs. of bb's, newsgroups and email lists!
To supply some history, as I remember it: in early internet days most participants were connected with computer science in some way, either directly or as a tool in the practice of science. Discussion happened as you'd expect between respected peers in your field, and one didn't feel it necessary to conceal one's identity. Sort of an age of innocence, when we could just relate the way we always had, except quicker!
The next stage I remember was after the system was monetized and grew to dwarf the world of science and academia. Compuserve gave you a many-digit number, and other services offered the marvelous opportunity to decide on a "handle" such as used by truckers with CB radios. The handle (and the guessing game of figuring out who you were talking to) was part of the fun. Not for me.
As you can tell, I am nostalgic for the way it was, but there are certainly real reasons for anonymity: stalkers and identity thieves; conversational privacy to preserve secrecy ("for your ears only"); embarrassment at saying something dishonest or unethical etc.
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Re: Usernames/Real Names, and bboard etiquette? new |
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John Morton |
2017-08-29 02:04 |
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dorjepismo |
2017-08-29 08:56 |
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Fuzzy |
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Cappuccino |
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