But it is your real name.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Dana - Apr 07, 2004 6:05:56 am PDT #9363 of 10005
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Jon B. - Apr 07, 2004 6:08:55 am PDT #9364 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The name registration thing would appear on the registration page. In addition to what Ginger wrote already, maybe we could add a sentence saying that we* may ask you to change your username if we deem it confusing?
* "We" being the stompies, since it doesn't seem important or meddlesome enough that it would need to be brought up here.
P.M. Marc - Apr 07, 2004 6:13:59 am PDT #9365 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, shrift.
I mean, I know your legal name, but dude--your real name's still shrift.
Fred Pete - Apr 07, 2004 6:19:42 am PDT #9366 of 10005
Ann, that's a ferret.
maybe we could add a sentence saying that we* may ask you to change your username if we deem it confusing?
This alone would probably be enough, IMO. Unless you want to note the specific confusions (with another poster or a celebrity).
shrift - Apr 07, 2004 6:37:37 am PDT #9367 of 10005
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
But it is your real name.
One of these days, I should change it legally.
That'd really make my family look at me sideways...
DavidS - Apr 07, 2004 6:48:03 am PDT #9368 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We tend to have a more conversational tone and write things like, "What Scrappy said." I was finding it kind of awkward to phrase a post in response to "Mxplx*, The Grand High Minister of What Scrappy Said" without cutting and pasting.
I think this issue will be self-correcting in-thread. Basically, if somebody hangs around long enough to be part of the conversation they'll clue into the culture, or acquire a shorter nickname, or change when they see how people address each other.
"Can I call you Mx?"
"Mix mentioned upthread..." etc.
Lyra Jane - Apr 07, 2004 6:48:53 am PDT #9369 of 10005
Up with the sun
I have no problem with the database.
I also have no problem with not having one, as I agree it's likelytobe of limited usefulness.
IOW: Party on, dudes, nothing to add here.
Consuela - Apr 07, 2004 6:58:56 am PDT #9370 of 10005
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I see the issues, and I have to admit that a look at Gus' list was enough to take me aback. It's one thing to know that active posters are only about 20% of the board population, but it's another thing entirely to see the proof.
I hereby rescind my request, but I do want a list of board members available to registered board members, so I can find Cindy or ita or DX when I need to email them, instead of searching through random threads.
Dana - Apr 07, 2004 7:00:42 am PDT #9371 of 10005
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
It's one thing to know that active posters are only about 20% of the board population, but it's another thing entirely to see the proof.
That actually brings up a point I hadn't thought of, and if someone made it already, I missed it.
If I were a lurker, and I liked being a lurker, and I only registered so the board could keep track of what I read, this list would freak me the hell out.
amych - Apr 07, 2004 7:05:27 am PDT #9372 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I do want a list of board members available to registered board members, so I can find Cindy or ita or DX when I need to email them, instead of searching through random threads.
Agreed. Or even better (both easier to use if, say, I need to reach suela, and less likely to trigger here's-the-whole-list-of-us feelings) a profile search, which I think (?) shouldn't have the load issues of a full search.