Oh my word. JohnSweden made me get Coke up my nose. The cola kind.

You know, it occurs to me I am less bothered by this, because it happened at the Bronze all the time. We had Buffy's bra straps posting, and leather pants, and all sorts of wacky, and it was darn funny, even when we could use anonymizers, and couldn't tell by IP number, who was who. I know this is important to some of us. I'm sorry if I've forgotten that, along the way. I just want us to stay fun, but since this particular thing isn't fun for some of us, there's probably no way out but through. See you on the other side of the ballot.

I don't care. I'm not second-guessing her sensitivity -- I'm going to take on faith that she's sincere, and neither mock nor try to argue her out of it.

I don't know if people were trying to talk people out of their sensitivities, so much as talk them out of making rules/points of conduct, based on them, when there'd been no abuse (discomfort--yes, abuse--no). But if it came across as mocking or arguing out of, or second guessing sensitivities, I am sorry for that, too.

Those discussions took place prior to voting on the board. specifically in 12/02 and voting was not started until 2/03.

Oh fine Miss Accurate. I was afraid even as I typed that this was so.

not one written thing about "we don't do this" or "if you do this, this will happen" has been added to the FAQ or the Etiquette page without a vote since voting was approved - not as far as I can find.

Filling this gap was the original intent of the Lawspeak. Very happy to go forward and make it all official-like and useful in its new form.

JohnSw--really, dude, so ya think it'll be less funny if the person IDs themself in their profile? I don't.

I've been one two other boards where trolls have signed up under multiple sockpuppets and caused all sorts of badness. When called on it, they lied or called the accuser paranoid. Someone created a log-in name with one letter different than a poster and then parodied that poster's style in several days of posts without revealing who they were. It was done solely to embarass that poster and it wasn't pretty. This stuff hasn't happened here, and I hope it never does, but it does happen and this ID solution elegantly forestalls it.

Bwah! Yes, in the nefarious pursuit of what? Something weighty, purposeful and undermining, right? A few laughs, entertaining some of the other posters for a little while? Shit, it can't be that simple. It has to be conspiratorial. C'mon, you differently-identitied (you thought I'd forgotten, right?) -- TELL US WHO YOU ARE PUPPETTING FOR?

OK, I think you're making fun of me here because I was trying to sum up what's generally annoying about SPs in a neutral way. But you're overreacting.

oh oh oh let me play the role of something that I am not - look look while I do it without changing my name.

Now we don't want to invalidate anyone's feelings. Not liking the sockpuppets is just as valid as thinking anyone who would want to ask for ID on multiple log-ins is a humorless reactionary.

let's all hold hands and play like we're all friends.

Can there be cookies, and then a good nap?

I've got a juice box with your name on it, Cindy.

I want cabana boys to bring us the cookies.

If we had cabana boys, we wouldn't need the cookies.

You need the sugar for energy.