As for anonymity: I have no problem with nicks as they represent a person as well as a "real name". Often they even tell something about a person as it's consciously chosen.
Of course some people try to this anonymity as a means to (more or less) safely insult other people but I'm an in some ways old-fashioned guy who always tries to be polite to other people, even if they only present themselves as ASCII characters...
Granted - I can be somewhat sharp at times and I maintain a drastic humor that not everyone finds entertaining but I generally try to not hurt people.
If other people - anonymous or not - get too annoying or too insulting, I leave before they notice and I don't ever come back - same with my "real life". Other people probably call that problem-avoiding and immature but if I sense a lost cause I don't invest my time anymore. This works extremely well for me.
As for the internet being a scary place: You are definitely right and it's always a certain homophobic, sometimes downright criminal bunch that makes it this way. I hope that religious fanatics don't ever get a majority in the net. Note that I have nothing against religion or spirituality - as long as nobody tried to evangelize me.
On the other hand the web has become one of the most fantastic and useful places and tools I've ever seen.
I really can't tolerate them! ;-)
As for anonymity: I have no problem with nicks as they represent a person as well as a "real name". Often they even tell something about a person as it's consciously chosen.
Of course some people try to this anonymity as a means to (more or less) safely insult other people but I'm an in some ways old-fashioned guy who always tries to be polite to other people, even if they only present themselves as ASCII characters...
Granted - I can be somewhat sharp at times and I maintain a drastic humor that not everyone finds entertaining but I generally try to not hurt people.
If other people - anonymous or not - get too annoying or too insulting, I leave before they notice and I don't ever come back - same with my "real life". Other people probably call that problem-avoiding and immature but if I sense a lost cause I don't invest my time anymore. This works extremely well for me.
As for the internet being a scary place: You are definitely right and it's always a certain homophobic, sometimes downright criminal bunch that makes it this way. I hope that religious fanatics don't ever get a majority in the net. Note that I have nothing against religion or spirituality - as long as nobody tried to evangelize me.
On the other hand the web has become one of the most fantastic and useful places and tools I've ever seen.
take care,
Calibrator
take care,
Calibrator