Neither was I.

The only thing that has bothered me about it is the brief, horrible flashes of memories of Other Boards that it conjured up for me. Of course, Other Boards aren't this one.

And Clovis can't actually type.

Clovis doesn't seem like a sock puppet or a pseud. He's a fully formed being of his own... He's different somehow.

I am not a big fan multiple IDs for various easons, mostly unspecified, but having to do with trust.

So I guess I'm on the same page with msbelle.

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My only problem with pseuds are the old "if everyone did it" argument. However, it does not appear to have gotten out of hand yet, so I don't really mind.

And Clovis can't actually type.

Does he know that?

(And I think he probably can, but why bother when GothyGirl will do it for him?)

Dude! I wanna be in the FAQ! Memememe!!!

You mean, again?

So far, I'm charmed by the ferrets, the minions, and the lurkers.

Me too.

I was completely wrong as to who the person was!

Anyway, I am vaguely discomfitted by it, but mostly because I don't want to see it getting out of hand. So far, everyone has been pretty funny.

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Sorry, I said I wouldn't post as this again, but I'm not going to reactivate my other account to answer a question.

why not post as Cindy.

I had ita close my Cindy account back around the first of the year. I don't want to reopen it, right now. Right now, I'm here because Angel is ending and Wonderfalls is beginning. I don't like using the Xanderella id here--Xanderella belongs to the Bronze. I mentioned my intention to use a lurkers-support-emailish name in one of the threads at this board. I didn't think it warranted an announcement in press. Of course I don't think a lot of thing in press warrant an announcement in press, either.

t blunt

I think the discussion that ensued after the question was asked and answered is unattractively petty. If there had been flames, spam, or abuse of some sort, I could see the need for all this. To be clear: I don't think the original question was petty (although I do think it might have been nicer to just ask me who I was, in thread, since it bothered you).

I would have answered.

t /blunt

I'm charmed by the pseuds, although I tend to feel that they lose their charm when they start participating in the board as just-another-board-member. If the FLO and Zombie Robots aren't being ferrety and robotic, I get grumpy. In other words, if they're not being used for the point of the pseud, I don't see why anyone would bother.

I'm hardly one to be upset about internet anonymity, but I don't want to have a serious conversation with the ferrets because I don't know who the ferrets are. If you see what I mean.

ETA: Cindy, I don't think it's unfair for those of us who didn't know you were changing usernames to be confused. I thought it was a prank, not a permanent change.

Hey Cindy - A helpful admin could always change Xanderella's name to Cindy. IJS

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