Chris Angelico wrote: > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn 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.
For one to read your signature, one has to download and read your entire posting first. >> Some people, including me, also consider posting under real name a basic >> act of politeness... Please use `[...]' or `[…]' to indicate omission instead. I could have written `politeness...' myself. >> 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. ACK. > Though I'm now not so sure about your name, PointedEars. Are you a > Vulcan or an elf? That is a stupid question. -- F'up2 PointedEars Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
