If LRC was forced by the judge to reveal everyone's name next to all past posts, would you like it?

Yeah, I'm sure we're all going to be on Letsrun forum when we here the world is coming to an end.

I don't know how they could post everyone's real name, even if asked to by the court. All you need is an email address, in order to post. LetsRun doesn't have any part of my real name.

If I use a stolen laptop (or simply change my computer's MAC address) and log on to the Internet on some random unsecured network out of the reach of video surveillance, I can commit any computer crime I want and the authorities stand almost no chance in hell of catching me. The whole "You're never really anonymous!" applies only to the lowest common Internet denominator types who know diddly shit about technology.

If there's even the slightest possibility of this happening, then this is my last post, ever, on this discussion board. And people still don't believe that "big brother" is alive and well, even on this site.

I'm more worried the judge is going to force letsrun to be somebody's butler!

Thinking Man on Runs wrote:

Let's say that as a part of this lawsuit, WeJo is forced to post every single person's name next to every single post ever made (presuming this was possible). Would you be ashamed? Proud?

So instead of "X_Fit_The_Real_1" it would say "Anthony Johnson"

I know I'd feel kind of bad about some of my posts, and I try to to be civil and nice on here. I was thinking about this on my run today.

LOL. If the "thing to do" on this board was to sign my real name, I'd do that. It isn't, so I use a very transparent handle [except for a few occasions when I did use my real name]. And of course no one cares who I am because I'm just some nobody, which is probably true of 90+% of LRC posters.

Having said all that, I will add that I've posted things on this board that I regret, not because my name could/would have been attached to those posts, but because they were ill-considered and turned out to cause people pain.

I basically see posting here as a form of entertainment, but I also believe I've learned some things about how seemingly trivial actions can have consequences, and that being called out on some of my misbehavior on this board has made me [at least a marginally] better person.

Just curious, are you the guy who runs run-down.com? His initials are DK and he was born around ~64, don't think he lives anywhere near NY though.

first name Donna and in the rag trade perhaps

Just curious, are you the guy who runs run-down.com? His initials are DK and he was born around ~64, don't think he lives anywhere near NY though.

Neither ashamed nor proud for stuff I post as myself, since my identity has always been closely tied.

However, I often use anonymous accounts for one of two purposes:

1. To post a question/comment without getting trolled because people love trolling me

2. To troll lightly (like the "Europeans, why do you waste time at cafes?" thread)

I could go without #2 for sure but #1 is important. A lot of times when I post questions under this username it's really hard to get an actual answer. Or when I post an opinion people discredit it because of my who I am. So being able to post anonymously is really important for that.

Although if there were no anonymity, maybe #1 wouldn't be relevant to begin with.

xenonscreams wrote:

I could go without #2 for sure

Nooooo