So can multiple identity hubbers argue with themselves in the forums?
- pgrundyposted 15 years ago
0It just hit me that so many people have more than one identity here, how do we know people aren't trolling themselves?
You know, start a topic. Come back as your troll identity and bother yourself. Then come back as s reasonable identity and call for rationality and good manners, and so on and so forth.
Just because they can. Actually I posed the question just to be a smart ass but then I got to thinking that it could actually happen.
I only have one identity here. I can barely manage THAT--I don't what I'd do with others.
You can never know the risk of chance. Give me a break!
I know what you mean. I'm so much busier now that I'm "not working" I can't even believe it. Really I'm always working, but since I'm at home it seems like the time flies by. There's never enough of it.
- girly_girl09posted 15 years ago0
Multiple personality disorder. Watch the United States of Tara and you'll see what it really can be like.
This reminds me of Stargate
Even the alter ego's are in sympathy.I have a sock puppet but it's not like I hide it. I opened it to write commercial hubs but it got way too confusing to have more then one.
Plus I would forget to log out and start posting under my alias which gets even more confusing so I only bring out Anna every now and again.
Wow, that makes me dizzy just thinking about it.
I think there's a vast difference between creating an account to heckle and creating one for commercial etc reasons. I've just done the same (as Sandra did) but it's not a hidden account or for anything other than off-loading my scribbling.
Each to their own. But the really funny stuff is when folks argue with themselves. Reminds me of my ex-husband. We'd argue without my mouth ever opening. It was a special talent he hadLOL! Bill laughs at me all the time over that. He'll say "Do I get to be in this argument? Or are you just going to do both of our parts? Let me know when you're done!"
Actually we rarely argue. But when we do, I prefer to speak for both of us. That way I have more control over who wins!
DONE !!
- Lady_Eposted 15 years ago0
I'm of 4 minds on this (but they all go by the name of "Lisa" on here).
Mind 1: I understand that people use other identities for business reasons and don't see it an issue. (Think I'll create an account for "PragmaticProfessional" for this mind.)
Mind 2: When people use their alter egos for other purposes the whole concept that "they're" all on here kind of cracks me up. (Although I suppose there could be some sense in one person's many identities "ganging up" in the forums, it would be pretty stupid for that person to waste his time arguing with himself.
) (Maybe "InnerChild" needs her own account.)
Mind 3: I know the Internet has a high percentage of baloney on it, so it's just something I accept. ("CynicalRealist" could use her own account sometimes.)
Mind 4: In a small way, I kind of think people should just stop with the BS online and just be honest. I don't think people need to share all their personal business or other info they don't want to share, but there is that part of me that thinks if someone says/writes something it would be nice if it weren't BS. Using a pen name is one thing (I'm not above that, myself), but creating a giant lie of an identity is a-whole-nother thing. (This is from the mind of "GrownUpLisa".)
(Oh.....signing off. My three other selves are having a big brawl over whether we get a cup of coffee, black tea, or ginger tea; and one of them keeps insisting that a cookie would be good too. I gotta go before someone gets hurt. I'm so sick of breaking up these brawls! I don't know why these people just can't all get along!
)Nothing wrong with different accounts, but it's just crazy when they start talking to each other on the forums... No offense BC
None taken moi friend, the difference is I do it for pure amusement and just for a wind up. Be different if I actually thought I was 2 people although I miss Cabin Girl not being allowed on the forums, she was a nice girl and I was just getting to really like her
Dude, stop picking on people and *write more hubs*. The microbes need something to read.
I think what he meant is there are people that dislike me and there are but I love it. A friend once told me she hated people talking about her behind her back. I said wise up I love it because if they dont talk about ya it means yer boring which is why I love the interest of Doggyboy and Tantram, I just loveeeeesss it lol
I think it was before yesterday but I'm not sure. It's not the one where you are on the balcony. It's the other one.
Do you feel different using an avatar, like, less 'out there'?
I'm asking for myself. I get a lot of trollish off-site comments these days, and I don't want to delete comment capsules, but I've been thinking of taking down my photo.
I know CC, of course I love people I was just trying to get a reaction, I am a people person and a people watcher. People fascinate me and I love everything about them. If we were all the same life would be really boring. In all honesty there is not one person on here that I dislike, I have loads of faults and I have the good sense to allow for others faults.
Most of what I post oh here is just an act, ya know, course you do you wise old sage
I think you're forgetting your moaning about that 'silly trivial crap' of the 'dramatic affair' about 10 days ago
- so you don't like 2 b remembered, of course ! and I'm moving on all right ,man! It's just a laugh
I know man and I know its a laugh, I dont mind anyone having a laugh at my expense because a Forum should be just that. If ya cant take it dont give it, I do give it but I can take it. You actually brighten the forum up because mainly its as boring as my granny and they buried her 5 years ago and thats the last compliment ya get from me
I will give you that one ok
Story of my life TK lol
...Oh rubbish ,bout the first part I mean.
If you can type it ,you can be it.
Wee story:
My oldest was real shy , neat kid ,friendly ,likeable ,mischeivious, but shy , anyway he joined this 'medi-evil club thing' they dressed up as knights n wenches...camped out and wrote plays, 3 of the guys had horses ,they got into it for 2/3 yrs ,but honestly he loved it and socially blossomed...he was 20 yr old at the time...
The club grew from 8 people to almost 200 in 4mths!!..of course hes moved on , but he was able to find something creative to 'be himself' be it a couple of months or a couple of years.
ps. Nows he married and bills , wonders why hes tired all the time..As I always said ya gotta stay Insane to stay Sane in todays world lol
I know, I won most Unique Hubber which is funny cause just the other day my day nurse said I was Unique, isnt that weird
bC wrote
if they dont talk about ya it means yer boring which is why I love the interest of Doggyboy and Tantram, I just loveeeeesss it lol smile
I'm not interested in you at all. I think you're a psycho. Maybe u forgot (again) about all the flirting CG did with a lot of guys. If that's not weird, what is' ! And this is a laugh aswell Ya think that was weird, ya should have seen some of the emails she was sent. Now if that had been a real female hubber she wud have been disgusted, you men are such beasts
I have 2 admit I did. !
but u have 2 know I'm the craziest spycho you'll ever know
Tantrum For all Badco's quirks and recognisable uniqueness at least hes honest enough to reveal who he is ...and his identities....which is more than can be said for you..
Why do you throw stones?
You wear a mask to hide behind.
Aa forum should be a place where people can be open ,share their opinion and thats it...responded to respectfully
Not picked over like last nights chicken ..in MY opinion- \Brenda Scullyposted 15 years ago0
brend wrote
oh so you got an insight into the bad guys you should warn us who they are.... obviously tantrum the beast ha ha
So you got me ! .lol: I'm the beast 666! Nice 2 meet u !I need a drink
can I get anyone anything??
Badco ,did ya answer pgrundy yet (bouts ya pic)- \Brenda Scullyposted 15 years ago0
- \Brenda Scullyposted 15 years ago0
- ralwusposted 15 years ago0
Oh GT was deff way ahead of me but I deff learnt a lot from him
One jump ahead these pond dwellers
Wonder how they do on dry land.- ralwusposted 15 years ago0
- Leta Sposted 15 years ago0
I know for certain there are people with multiple identities on here who argue with each other, or try to stir things up...especially in the areas of politics and religion. Sometimes it's cute or funny, sometimes (especially lately - these are some seriously nasty trolls on the boards) its annoying and plainly mean. (And for the record,
, they are mainly, quote, quote, conservatives and into the shock jock...or whatever...routine).
This is actually something of a technique, called 'issues trolling' or 'concern trolling.' But what it amounts to is the same old manipulation...Lately, it's gotten press for being taken offline:
"Although the term "concern troll" originated in discussions of online behavior, it now sees increasing use to describe similar behaviors that take place offline.
For example, James Wolcott of Vanity Fair accused a conservative New York Daily News columnist of "concern troll" behavior in his efforts to downplay the Mark Foley scandal. Wolcott links what he calls concern trolls to Saul Alinsky's "Do-Nothings," giving a long quote from Alinsky on the Do-Nothing's method and effects:
“ These Do-Nothings profess a commitment to social change for ideals of justice, equality, and opportunity, and then abstain from and discourage all effective action for change. They are known by their brand, 'I agree with your ends but not your means.'[13] ”
In a more recent example, The Hill published an op-ed piece titled "Dems: Ignore 'Concern Trolls'." Again, the concern trolls in question were not Internet participants; they were Republicans offering public advice and warnings to the Democrats. The author defines "concern trolling" as "offering a poisoned apple in the form of advice to political opponents that, if taken, would harm the recipient."
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