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Roger Brown
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Oceano, California
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 13, 2012 - 05:57pm PT
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Just curious,
Why would someone use a screen name rather than their real name? For me, it is kinda hard to take someone serious if I don't know who is doing the talking. When someone says something to someone using a screen name it's like talking behind their back. Maybe if we all used our real names, you know like talking face to face, we would be a little more thoughtful before we opened our mouths. Would a page with all the screen names matched up with the real names be a good thing. Voluntary of course. Then we would at least know who we were talking to.
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mctwisted
Trad climber
e.p.
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:03pm PT
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i agree! however its not that easy to change to your real name one you have the screen name. i emailed chris mac to change mine last month, but havnt heard back. so i went to the comment section for supertopo and left a comment that i would like to change to my name. perhaps a computer wise person could give me the beta, but i think i need to have a different email address to change this.
dan mcdevitt
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:07pm PT
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Some of our "screen names" predate screen names.
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:11pm PT
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agreed, this is an old topic....
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:16pm PT
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Agree that it has been talked about before but it's a great topic.
Would I say the same things if my name was on them? Yes.
Could someone fine my real name based on the information I've posted here? Yes
How about just adding your real name in the details section so instead of saying where you are from it's your real name?
Erik
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:18pm PT
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There's nothing new under the Sun. Accept your Fate! Your Destiny is to go on & on & on & on(you get the idea) until the Supertorpor sets in completely.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:23pm PT
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I don't want anyone to know who I am so I can post what ever I damn well please.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
SLO, Ca
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:37pm PT
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I use a screen name but use a real picture of myself for my avatar.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:39pm PT
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my name is terence wilson,wilbeer,has been a hockey nickname since the 70s,there i have outed myself.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:52pm PT
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I have recently, within the last year or two, petitioned cMac (man I wish he would use his real name) to change my screen name to Clark Gable and if that is taken, then to Clark Bar
In the meantime, to satisfy Roger Breedlove's request, going forward everyone should always print his/her non-screen name at the bottom of each post.
Clark Kent
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:56pm PT
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shazaam - Micky Thompson's kid on the ST? I can dig it.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Nov 13, 2012 - 06:57pm PT
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Philo, is that really you?
It's me, k-man. But you can call me Kelly (as if I don't already have enough weirdos following me around...).
<g>
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 13, 2012 - 07:13pm PT
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my real name is boring. Might as well be Jane Doe.
Susan Walker
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside (of the Tetons)
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Nov 13, 2012 - 07:24pm PT
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my screen name contains my real name, an old nickname and and a hint of who I really am. My last name is irrelevant, it is way common and not what I was born too.
Plus, what lolli said.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Nov 13, 2012 - 07:47pm PT
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Don't need crazies stalking me. It is not a fear, it is a past reality. Ladies in particular need to be careful.
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Nov 13, 2012 - 08:13pm PT
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ditto. too many weirdos and doing a google search of your own name can provide frightening results.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Nov 13, 2012 - 08:23pm PT
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I tried to do it with my real name twice. Cmac even tried to help, but it was screwed up. In fact, I can't even use my real email. I figured it was just meant to be that way for a reason and went with it. Many of my buddies know me as Couchmaster since I got taggged with that moniker over 30 years back.It's not a secret. Sorry, but I post as "billcoe" on Cascadeclimbers and Mountain Project as penance.
-Bill (Coe)
on the bright side, anytime anyone gets pissed at me and sends a nastygram to billcoe@mail.com, I don't see it for 4 to 6 months. LOL
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Nov 13, 2012 - 08:25pm PT
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Don't let Jeremy kid ya. He really is a Smurf!
His Mom told me so....
I'm still Kirk Bland, so there.
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pc
climber
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Nov 13, 2012 - 08:27pm PT
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Yep. Too many creeps 'round here.
But come on...Roger Brown? As if that's your real name...
;)
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 13, 2012 - 08:27pm PT
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Precedent has been set. If you want to be taken seriously around here you sign your name to your post when it matters. Otherwise you just get treated like a troll.
Mike Cowper.
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