It's impossible to connect with anyone playing the anonymity game online in 2013.

[Binary]

Honestly some of my closest friends I don't even know how they look and I like to keep it like that. It's still a person behind the account so I'm still able to connect.

 

[director_of_bands]

I post under an alias for career pruposes...my views and opinions on a lot of things are not politically correct and can be damaging if the right person along my career path were to see them...and im totally honest in all of my postings...any SMART person seeking continued advancement in their career (IT for me) usually avoids social media. Posting under an alias is the best option...even people you associate with through social media can hurt you as you will be judged based on your associations as well...so that is the best option for me since I am still in contact with most people I grew up with, but we have taken different paths in life if you know what I mean...

 

[The Nigerian]

I post under an alias for career pruposes...my views and opinions on a lot of things are not politically correct and can be damaging if the right person along my career path were to see them...and im totally honest in all of my postings...any SMART person seeking continued advancement in their career (IT for me) usually avoids social media. Posting under an alias is the best option...even people you associate with through social media can hurt you as you will be judged based on your associations as well...so that is the best option for me since I am still in contact with most people I grew up with, but we have taken different paths in life if you know what I mean...

Yeah. Don't be shocked that I'd never read your posts or take them seriously. Or anyone for that matter.

By the way, nobody gives a sh!t about what you say so long as you aren't being a total ass or you're not harassing people. You're not special. Neither is your career path. If posting on here is so risky, why do it in the first place?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Right. I guess that's what I'm talking about. I'm not asking for people to post their SSNs and their bank statements (which I've had nameless-faceless trolls on here try to goad me into doing) I'm talking about just some basic humanizing info to get a bearing on who you're communicating with. It's IMPOSSIBLE for me to carry on a conversation with someone who's sole purpose is to be destructive online under a veil of anonymity. I get really puzzled by the multitude of idiots on this board that do.

The mods need to stop coddling this behavior if they plan on cultivating a community that last past the first (inevitable) raid or the first (inevitable) long outage.

Investing in trolls is a mistake. It never works and the communities that cater to them rarely last. If they do last they don't grow because the connections between posters in those settings aren't strong at all and it's nearly impossible to attract new members after the initial source dries up.

Dawg again people have got married + had kids off of these boards

How much more do you want them to connect

 

[The Nigerian]

Dawg again people have got married + had kids off of these boards

How much more do you want them to connect

Hey man, just ignore my posts.

 

[PrnzHakeem]

The Nigerian, you are just unlikeable.

I've connected w a couple people off SOHH, and it was all good. probably because I'm not a pretentious prick like yourself.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Hey man, just ignore my posts.

I thought you wanted to connect with meeeeeeee

Heres the funniest part

Ive done podcasts here, Ive met with message board people IRL. Anything I say here I would say in person

You want me to stop talking because Im making light of how stupid your pleas are. You are completely disregarding the voluntary aspect of connecting. People dont need the mods to force them to connect with each other, they already do it

 

[The Nigerian]

I thought you wanted to connect with meeeeeeee

Heres the funniest part

Ive done podcasts here, Ive met with message board people IRL. Anything I say here I would say in person

You want me to stop talking because Im making light of how stupid your pleas are. You are completely disregarding the voluntary aspect of connecting. People dont need the mods to force them to connect with each other, they already do it

Dude, don't waste your time trying to talk to me. I'm not investing any time reading troll posts even if you say they're otherwise. Just spare yourself the effort.

 

[Sierra Mist]

Total strangers?

I met my fiance online. Some close homies and business partners online

When my cousin was sick, I got help from my fam online.

Breh the internet is REAL life... there are real people behind the names. Even if in your case you may own/maintain multiple names of other genders, It is still you behind them all.

Sometimes you meet 50% upfront people and 50% trolls.... It is what it is.


If in 2013, you dont have at least (one) 1 FB, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+ or some other account tagged, hi5, pof, okcupid something with 1 real profile. 1 real you online, not a fake made up account.... I think you are weird

If you wanna be fake, go play a simulation game online

Those sites are not the same as messageboards. This site is to pass time. Not to get to know people. I don't spend 24/7 trying to "study" posters' lives on here. That's what you people are into. Knowing everything about someone you'll never meet. Emphasis on never meet. I've met met one poster from here in real life. The rest of you don't matter. Comparing this shyt to facebook is retarded. You guys take the coli too seriously. This is my only account on here and I've stated I'm male. If you can't keep up then that's on you but you don't matter so who cares?

Maybe if this site wasn't full of stalkers more people would feel comfortable enough to not have to remain anonymous. Food for thought. nikkas on here stalk posters all day and dedicate their lives to stalking total strangers. If you guys weren't such morons maybe it wouldn't be an issue. MAybe... could be?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Those sites are not the same as messageboards. This site is to pass time. Not to get to know people. I don't spend 24/7 trying to "study" posters' lives on here. That's what you people are into. Knowing everything about someone you'll never meet. Emphasis on never meet. I've met met one poster from here in real life. The rest of you don't matter. Comparing this shyt to facebook is retarded. You guys take the coli too seriously. This is my only account on here and I've stated I'm male. If you can't keep up then that's on you but you don't matter so who cares?

Maybe if this site wasn't full of stalkers more people would feel comfortable enough to not have to remain anonymous. Food for thought. nikkas on here stalk posters all day and dedicate their lives to stalking total strangers. If you guys weren't such morons maybe it wouldn't be an issue. MAybe... could be?

If you aren't who you say you aren't, why does the "stalking" of posters make thee so aggy

After all, its not you who is under the microscope.... right?

 

[Sierra Mist]

If you aren't who you say you aren't, why does the "stalking" of posters make thee so aggy

After all, its not you who is under the microscope.... right?

More than one poster has been stalked on here... Maybe if people would actually read the shyt that gets posted on here they'd realize that shyt. A few girls on here have recently been stalked and one left because of it. Keep pretending it doesn't happen and the people on this site aren't morons if you want.

 

[The Nigerian]

If you aren't who you say you aren't, why does the "stalking" of posters make thee so aggy

After all, its not you who is under the microscope.... right?

Hey, can you take this crap to PMs. I don't want this thread to become a Sierra Mist b!tchest.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

More than one poster has been stalked on here... Maybe if people would actually read the shyt that gets posted on here they'd realize that shyt. A few girls on here have recently been stalked and one left because of it. Keep pretending it doesn't happen and the people on this site aren't morons if you want.

Ive been stalked...

Lets be reality....

If you get stalked on here, its your own fault. People only run w/what theyre given. In my case I posted a pic directly from my FB and people ran with it

I know a lot of girls from SOHH. Only ones who had their identities compromised are the ones who gave them out in the first place.

End of the day though, OP is a dumb dummy for demanding that everyone share to the degree he does. To what purpose? They tried that with the Dougie on the old site and it failed. And this site is great just how it is. If people want to share more with certain people they will and already do.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Hey, can you take this crap to PMs. I don't want this thread to become a Sierra Mist b!tchest.

Dude you arent worth addressing. You dont want to acknowledge anything that points out any flaws in your thinking.

People already do share and there is nothing to be gained in forcing people to share more than they want to. Not everyone is as emotionally invested in their online interactions as you.

 

[Sierra Mist]

Ive been stalked...

Lets be reality....

If you get stalked on here, its your own fault. People only run w/what theyre given. In my case I posted a pic directly from my FB and people ran with it

I know a lot of girls from SOHH. Only ones who had their identities compromised are the ones who gave them out in the first place.

End of the day though, OP is a dumb dummy for demanding that everyone share to the degree he does. To what purpose? They tried that with the Dougie on the old site and it failed. And this site is great just how it is. If people want to share more with certain people they will and already do.

So if you get shot it's your fault too? You even said.

Only ones who had their identities compromised are the ones who gave them out in the first place.

That's my point. So why would you get rid of your anonymity on a site like this where people dedicate their lives to stalking yours? Yes he's very dumb for that retarded idea. If you want to get personal with people that's what facebook is for.