The anonymous function

[anonymous]

Poster of message #20 again

Yes, I was criticised for remaining anonymous too.

 

[anonymous]

#17 abd #36 again.

It doesnt help the fear of posting when I am criticized while anonymous.

 

[anonymous]

I agree, being made wrong for using it is not a good feeling. It hurts. We are communicating the best we can. If we have to do it without using a name, so be it. It is better to get the feelings out, to share what is going on, than to hold it inside because someone objects to our doing so anonymously.

I agree with something someone said above too though, that it should not be used to make someone wrong here on the Forum. That is not what its purpose should be.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

To claify a point, I have never criticized an anonymous poster for being anonymous.

 

[Deleted member 37474]

Another thought. Google and my ptsd. When you google search stuff like “disassociation” or any ptsd type thing, threads pop up including your screen name from the thread. Am I Right? So essentially, if you are nervous that perhaps your kid or family members saw your screen name on an email list on the home computer, they could figure out who you are and see stuff that you wrote. With anonymous you do add a layer of safety in that reguard.

 

[Abstract]

Another thought. Google and my ptsd. ... Am I Right? .

Correct!

 

[anonymous]

To clarify a point, I never criticized an anonymous poster for being anonymous.

Oh, I was not referring to you, sorry! I was just agreeing that it should not be used to criticize people here, that was all. I was not referring to anyone in particular.

 

[anonymous]

@TexCat True.
I also use a very different username here than I do anywhere else.

Anonymous on this post, just because I can.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Oh, I was not referring to you, sorry!

I know, no worries It just made me aware of what I had been saying.:hug:

 

[anonymous]

I have been accused of attacking someone using anonymous. Wasn't me but the person who insisted it was ruined several relationships for me here. Took a long time to recover.

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

I’ve never used it but I understand why people use it. It gives you a sense of safety.

I often want to be anonymous on the street so I pull a visor over my face and a big hoodie on top. People don’t get it. That’s fine, it gives me that extra feeling of protection.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I will say when several anon posters post in the same thread, it gets super confusing super fast. Even here I'm like, "ok, which thread post are these numbers?" If thread post numbers are even posted. Go back, re-read those, then try to re-read the orginal post and in a thread that's like 10 pages long and doing that for like 3 people, especially when you are already dyslexic and have to re-read everything 8 times to understand what you just read, times several other past posts, times several members, that's frustrating. At that point I give up and just bow out of the thread. So, thats one of the draw backs of the anon feature. I wish it was more like the anon area of the forum where you are given a computer made up name and avitar (old monster/alien avitars), if it's the same one, is much easier to follow. If that made up name and avitar follows you that is.

I also know many times where 2 anon people will get confused and it will cause a huge misunderstanding that takes a few pages to work out. Seen that too. So, there are draw backs to the anon feature too when more then one poster posts anon.