Exactly. I mostly lurk here to learn something from time to time. I post
rarely but used to do it under my real name which brought me grief from
someone. I'm also the victim of identity theft, so I became a little
paranoid. I then posted under the name "lowflyer" and more recently as
"RomeoMike" (only as a lark when I got a new computer and switched to
Thunderbird). There are other usenet groups that have no problem with
trolls or incivility, even though pseudonyms are used. This group has a
problem with trolls at least partly because people, including respected
posters, choose to respond to them. And also because some here are easy
to goad into a feud. I can't prove it, but my impression is that,
compared to 5-6 years ago, there is less hard core aviation discussion
here and more chit chat amongst a group of friends, but I digress. Just
a point of view from an anonymous poster who has never trolled the group.



Matt Barrow wrote:


In this day of stalkers, identity thieves, etc., anyone who posts all their
personal info has got to be nuts.

Besides, what damn difference does it make if someone posts under their
birth name or as "Joe Blow"? Does it give their arguments one more gram of
credibility or one less?

Damn it, learn to judge the argument by it's logic and factual basis, not
the wrapper it comes in.