On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <pointede...@web.de> wrote: > Probably you were asked that so that your postings could be distinguished > from that of the other potential Marks around here.
I have my surname in my From address, but I tend to sign my posts "ChrisA" (no relation, btw, to DaveA, though our surnames are similar). That's generally been sufficient for distinguishing purposes, though if anyone wants a truly unique handle for me, "Rosuav" is more effective than my real name. > Some people, including > me, also consider posting under real name a basic act of politeness... People > tend to hide behind pseudo-anonymity; they tend to write impolite things > *intentionally* which they would not do if their real name was known and so > their reputation IRL would be at stake. Agreed. Sometimes that's a good thing; there are places where anonymity protection is important. But with these sorts of lists, there's the potential to acquire a strong positive or strong negative reputation; people who want a positive reputation usually want it associated with *them*, not with some pseudonym. Though I'm now not so sure about your name, PointedEars. Are you a Vulcan or an elf? ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
