Guest vs No Guest

WearyOne · Post by **WearyOne** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:46 pm

I'll probably be sorry I did this, but a post or two on another thread got me to thinking, so I just wanted to throw it out there, without hijacking the other thread. I've read so much about it, I'm just curious. If this question has been asked and answered before, I apologize.

What's the difference between posting as a "guest" or a "registered user"? People may know me by my "made up" registered name, but that's all they have to know, unless I choose to tell otherwise.

I'm registered as "WearyOne," and I could have "made up" everything on my registration and not filled in anything that wasn't required. I don't have to put my picture (and I don't ) as my avatar. So as this type of registered user, unless I tell someone who I am, where I live, etc, what's the difference between that and a guest as far as anonymity goes?

snork1 · Post by **snork1** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:56 pm

as a registered user you are at the very least a consistent persona here with a trackable history of posts/viewpoints. Instead of someone who just hits and runs with comments out of the blue.

That can be the difference between a heckler and a simply opinionated person. (yah, I probably fall into the latter

I am all for going as a registered user versus a guest even if you prefer to go "stealth" for whatever reason.

I had my photo as an avatar. I did not feel that was a good idea careerwise for various reasons.

On the other hand, this sites flakiness of logging in and ending up posting as a guest when we/I didn't mean too.....thats a whole other issue.

DreamStalker · Post by **DreamStalker** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:59 pm

Well as a Guest, we have no idea who you are or what you look like.

As a registered user with an avatar, we have no idea who you "really" are but we feel we know you because you look like a cat ...

WearyOne · Post by **WearyOne** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:07 pm

Believe me, DreamStalker, you want the cat picture, not mine!

Pam

Kattitude · Post by **Kattitude** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:04 pm

Hey - there's nothing wrong with cat pictures!

sharon1965 · Post by **sharon1965** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:08 pm

As a registered user with an avatar, we have no idea who you "really" are but we feel we know you because you look like a cat ...

damn you're funny dreamstalker... i dig your dry sense of humour

sharon1965

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:36 pm

Kattitude wrote:Hey - there's nothing wrong with cat pictures!

Right!!

WearyOne · Post by **WearyOne** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:40 pm

Rested gal, I LOVE the picture!

dsm · Post by **dsm** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:36 am

LOL!

Maybe we should all have cat avatars

Hmmm where is that Simba the lion pic

DSM

Kattitude · Post by **Kattitude** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:02 am

LOL! That's a cute pic RG. Thanks for sharing!

Connie

blarg · Post by **blarg** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:50 am

To keep with the theme, as for guest posting:

Vader · Post by **Vader** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:14 am

What I can't understand is, why do some people imagine their "cyber friends" to be so much nicer than their "real life" friends?

For better or worse, the internet tends to encourage personality extremes, and did I mention that there's a full moon right now?

WearyOne · Post by **WearyOne** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:48 am

Connie, I LOVE your avatar. I was just mentioning to my son last night there's no way our cat (my avatar, obviously ) could fall asleep in her food like that--She's too obsessed with eating it!

blarg, love it!

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:22 am

Vader wrote:What I can't understand is, why do some people imagine their "cyber friends" to be so much nicer than their "real life" friends?

For better or worse, the internet tends to encourage personality extremes, and did I mention that there's a full moon right now?

Not only was it a full moon, it was also a "blue moon" (on May 31st if you live in the Americas).

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:30 am

Vader wrote:What I can't understand is, why do some people imagine their "cyber friends" to be so much nicer than their "real life" friends?

For better or worse, the internet tends to encourage personality extremes, and did I mention that there's a full moon right now?

We don't have real life friends, we don't have to, "We have the Internet". Jim

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