I started 5 blogs at once, obviously too much to handle, so here is an entry of what would have been on the Internetiquette blog about annoying internet behaviour. enjoy.
You may have come across this issue on comment pages on controversial or sensitive material (if not just look at any youtube video on religion, politics or Michael Vick). It normally begins with users posting their views then the sides begin to get polarized as the arguments begin to get heated, then usually one person takes a reply comment to heart, then here it comes. “Why don’t you use your name, Instead of just posting Anon!?” (youtube may not be the best site since i doubt you can post anonymously) I do not get this statement because honestly, WTF. Will the person posting their name make you any closer to confronting said person? are you going to drive to their home and find them? Find their address, Google earth them and hope they were laying face-up in their backyard so you can try and see what they look like? If the person does respond with a name, how the hey do you really know if it is the person? I will now post a few Bio’s that you can use on comment pages if you ever get asked to use your name or that you can use to avoid the situation completely.
Name: Marie Diane Germaine /Birthday: January 14th 1987/ Birthplace: Wheeling, West Virginia./ Lives: Bethesda, Ohio./ High school: Pickerington Ohio./ College: Bethany/ Major: Buisiness Administration
Name: Davide Saint-Claire /Birthday: July 28th 1979/ Birthplace: Lyons, France/ lives: Torino, Italy/ Highschool: Marymount academy of (any capital city in Europe)/ College:University of (any capital city in Europe)/ Major: Was studying for a bachelors in Marketing but dropped out to be a musician and now works in a bar.
There you have it. Another good answer is say your a minor (age-wise under 18, 16 or 14 depending on country) and your online just to fraque with people that seem douchey. It is the internet people. Try not to take people’s comments to heart. In most cases the anger your feeling because the person did not use their name probably would not occur if the person was standing right in front of you. It is a forum in which people may choose to share their thoughts as just that their thoughts without having to identify themselves and give DNA samples and 2 proofs of identification and what not.
