zooner
09-28-03, 04:53 AM
A while back I asked to change my handle at another forum to zooner because that's what i've been using for quite some time, but they were shocked at even the idea.
It's really ripping at the whole idea of a safe community when you have no idea who you're talking to. I have a hard enough time as is it remembering names and I currently have two transactions going on, name changes just make it more difficult. Since we dont have a visual face to a name, constantly changing names is a bad idea. You associate names (in leiu of faces) to emotional responses and memories.
if someone really feels the need for change, then take a shower and change! Change your avatar! Change your quote!!
I know nothing can really be done, do it for one and then you must allow all the copycats to follow along.
venting.
tom
It's really ripping at the whole idea of a safe community when you have no idea who you're talking to. I have a hard enough time as is it remembering names and I currently have two transactions going on, name changes just make it more difficult. Since we dont have a visual face to a name, constantly changing names is a bad idea. You associate names (in leiu of faces) to emotional responses and memories.
if someone really feels the need for change, then take a shower and change! Change your avatar! Change your quote!!
I know nothing can really be done, do it for one and then you must allow all the copycats to follow along.
venting.
tom