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I use my real name. I do this mainly because it makes me think twice about what I post, and it shows personal responsibility. And there are still times when I manage to post stupid things and make myself look like an ass!
Having said that, I can see why some people cannot do it my way due to job, privacy, and/or safety issues. I do not discount or disregard what anonymous posters have to say, but I have to admit that, especially in the political arena, I tend to pay very close attention to what identified persons post. Rob Tucker, James Weatherford, Frankie Stapleton, and, yes, Damon Tucker come to mind as examples of frequent posters in this category, along with others such as Tiffany Hunt Edwards who post less often here. I may not always agree with what these folks have to say, but I respect them. I try to respect everybody, though, and I have learned a lot from anonymous posts here and elsewhere.
Cheers,
Jerry
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having been in public where damon goes around shoving his camera in peoples faces that have expressly asked him not to, having no sense of his own arrogance, and outright lack of social grace, I would say my anonymity has saved me from the unpleasant experience of his unwelcome attention, and to that end I think it's great!
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Originally posted by Damon
I also find it very interesting that so many people give a crap about "Ranks" and how many posts people make... That Rob decided to crack down on the amount of information that some of the more prolific posters on punaweb were allowed to post.
Why do people care about "Ranks" when were all trying to share information?
I find it very interesting that you have such a selective memory. Let's hark back to a thread you started last year (
http://punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6245) entitled "As I close in on 2,000.... I'd like to say thanks!" that starts out:
"Wow, I just realized I'm close to posting 2,000 posts!"
So maybe you can answer your own question!
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Motor Mouth? Or just needs to get a life? It's obvious whose married to their computers. [B)]
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I had to jump in here. Funny, I spent most of my day with a friend down at the DMV in Hilo - written test, three hours later, driving test - waiting, and reading. I'm in process of writing a book and recently acquired a book entitled: The Essay Connection by Lynn Z. Bloom. I was reading a chapter entitled: Sherry Turkle, How Computers Change the Way We Think.
Synchronistically to this thread, there was a section on Avatars or a Self? Here is what it says on this subject:
Chat rooms, role-playing games and other technological venues offer us many different contexts for presenting ourselves online. Those possibilities are particularly important for adolescents because they offer what Erik Erikson described as a moratorium, a time out or safe space for the personal experimentation that is so crucial for adolescent development. Our dangerous world - with crime, terrorism, drugs and AIDS offers little in the way of safe spaces. Online worlds can provide valuable spaces for identity play.
But some people who gain fluency in expressing multiple aspects for self may find it harder to develop authentic selves. Some children who write narratives for their screen avatars may grow up with too little experience of how to share their real feelings with other people. For those who are lonely yet afraid of intimacy, information technology has made it possible to have the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.
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This may or may not seem relevant to this thread, but wait, I'm going to make a point and a connection here.
The computer was designed as a computational tool, but rapidly became a social tool. Therefore, in it's evolving expression, it can be wielded as a weapon.
I've personally dealt with a person who liked to "hide" behind the empowerment of their false Internet identity and wield their computer as a weapon. It's easy to express, especially name calling and threats, when you're hiding behind the laptop monitor vs. a person to person conversation.
It's one thing for adolescents to have a "safe place to play with their identity" yet another for grown people to engage in juvenile, or worse, threatening behavior.
My personal choice is to "let it go"; kind of like walking away from a name calling maniac on the street. Just walk away and get in the car....let them "find their identity" playing with someone else. And, hopefully in the process they discover their authentic self.
Peace - Anna
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Nicely said Anna... if that IS your real name ;-)
-Blake
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The one and only! LOL
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Peace - Anna
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