kkeenan 14 #1 October 16, 2006 I'm curious about people who post on DZ.com, and who refuse (sometimes adamently) to be identified with a name or skydiving profile. Is it more fun to have people wonder who you are, to insult someone one day, and be packing next to them the next, and they don't know who you are ? Are you someone who drove out of the parking lot when they called your name for your tandem jump, and now post as a 10,000 jump instructor ? Are you a 55 year-old whuffo mailman posting as a 20 year-old freefly girl with boyfriend problems ? Maybe you are in the Witness Protection Program and sit at your computer naked except for aluminum foil on your head so the government can't read your thoughts ? I guess we don't really know. It could be that my imagination is over-active. I suppose it's just the nature of the i-net, and I should just get over it. I'm sure the rock climbers' forum and the knitting forum have the same issues. Name Witheld due to National Security Policy_____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #2 October 16, 2006 They don't want to be targeted by the government mind control rays. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #3 October 16, 2006 some people just like anonymity. It's usually those who do the PAs and shit-stirring and never get in trouble for it because nobody knows who they are. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #4 October 16, 2006 QuoteAre you a 55 year-old whuffo mailman posting as a 20 year-old freefly girl with boyfriend problems ? how did you discover who I really am ?? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #5 October 16, 2006 QuoteI suppose it's just the nature of the i-net, and I should just get over it. I'm sure the rock climbers' forum and the knitting forum have the same issues. Reminds me of this comic from a couple years ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 28 #6 October 16, 2006 what you are completly missing are people who want to keep at least a bit of privacy on the net. there is a history of people getting into trouble for stuff they posted on dz.com, on their dz's as well as in their private life QuoteIt could be that my imagination is over-active. guess that answers your own questionThe universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #7 October 16, 2006 So, let me get this straight...if I fill out my whole profile, is it acceptable for me to sit at my computer naked then?She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #8 October 16, 2006 QuoteSo, let me get this straight...if I fill out my whole profile, is it acceptable for me to sit at my computer naked then? Do you think anyone here would object regardless? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #9 October 16, 2006 I guess its time everyone knew.. I am not "actually" a kitty cat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #10 October 16, 2006 QuoteI'm curious about people who post on DZ.com, and who refuse (sometimes adamently) to be identified with a name or skydiving profile. More and more employers now will "Google" potential employees to see what comes up. The post joke someone made about Boobies might make an HR manager decide they were a Sexist or a Post about having a Beer at a Bonfire might label them as an Alcoholic to a potential employer. There has been atleast one case of that I heard about on here where that involved one poster using profile information to report another poster to their employer for posting on this site in order to get that person fired and/or just cause general problems. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #11 October 16, 2006 IBAD (again) Wow! That didn't take long! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #12 October 16, 2006 Quote the knitting forum have the same issues There's a knitting forum?? I'm there!!!I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #13 October 16, 2006 I don't mind being identified by a skydiving profile. "lawrocket" is what I am on this board, but I don't identify myself by that moniker in personal life. It's perhaps why I'm not recognized by people when I introduce myself. I am "lawrocket" - no act. But "lawrocket" is also an alter ego for who I really am. I don't want to be identified as "lawrocket" in the general population any more that I want to be identified by my real name or contact information on a board with almost 60,000 registered users. I'm fairly anonymous, and I like it that way. People know what I do, where I live, and most know what I think but few know what I look like or even know what my name is. It's fairly deliberate on my part not to post much personally identifiable information because you just never know. A few people know me better. They knew me when I jumped or have developed some level of trustworthiness wherein I believe that I can contact them. I'm not into posting my website, putting my contact information for drunk dial, or doing much of anything of that sort. I've got another life, and I choose not to be bothered. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,452 #14 October 16, 2006 Quotegovernment mind control raysWhoa -- they told you about those? I thought they were supposed to be secret Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmilingPhoenix 0 #15 October 16, 2006 Eh, anonymity is fine. It’s up to me how often I post and how much I say. I wouldn’t say anything out here that I wouldn’t expect everyone at the DZ to know the next weekend. So, maybe the guy packing next to me read my posts, maybe he didn’t – doesn’t really matter. As for those people posing as something they aren’t, I figure there are probably two options. One, they are living out a fantasy and like to play at being something else for a little while, no harm done. Two, they are intentionally trying to deceive people for some reason and for those guys, I just feel sorry for them – what a sad life. As for me, I’m pretending to be a fun, thirty-something, who is happy, hopefully a little witty and has this crazy thing about jumping out of planes… oh wait, that is who I am… SWEET!Because life is an adventure - it may not be the one you planned, but then it wouldn't be an adventure! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Armour666 0 #16 October 16, 2006 I don't hide who I am! you got every thing wrong but the sitting at the computer naked part. for some reason that not a PC thing to do at work , go figure at least I make HR earn there paySO this one time at band camp..... "Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #17 October 16, 2006 Wait, not everyone is using their real name? Ok, ok, I'll tell everyone my real name. My real name is Christophe Delorean. Now you know. Now you know my little secret."That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
