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Posted By: Jim Wilson In Response To: I have my reasons (Funny)
Sunday, 30 July 2006, at 8:21 p.m.
Years ago a friend of mine on another board posted in reply to an anonymous poster. He basically advised the person "If you make up a name to cover up your true identity then you are showing not that what you are posting is of any value but instead that you are capable of making things up."
He has since passed. But his words and advice is timeless.
Others may feel differently and that is their right but I personally place little value upon post from people who take a stance of anonymous attacks.
There are only two reasons to do this afterall:
1. The person wants to hide their true ID out of fear. Perhaps it is fear of legal retaliation. Or fear of live and in-person reprisals. This can be compared to the Witness Protection Program.
2. What is being posted is an open attack that may be loosely based upon fact but isn't absolute. And the person posting doesn't want to be tied into passing false information. They don't care that what they post might be harming others without just cause. They simply want to get their point across. It might be called "shotgun post". The person post scatters of information and doesn't seem to care who it might hit or how badly it might hurt them.
It is really simple Max. Many people post anonymously simply because they don't know better. But you seem to be knowledgeable enough to know that the Internet is enough of a mystery without creating even more and post with actual people behind them are simply more trustworthy. This is especially true if the post states something controversial.
I'm done....and as I said it isn't a matter of whether or not I believe you. It is simply a matter of base credibility, at least for me personally. I usually don't even open post from obviously anonymous posters - they usually aren't worth it. I drove through Broomfield in May and again last month by the way. So I would assume that it was "during" the drought since they mentioned it on the news.
I wish you luck in whatever it is that your goals might be regarding this matter. You will need it....
Jim Wilson
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