Compared to most, the internet was/is new to me...I actually got a job in the PC/POS world 2 weeks after buying my first PC, boy were they stupid or what??..LOL.... I was and still am weary about putting personal facts on the net, I always feel someone's going to charge a million chalupas on my CC. .. I think I became a member on this site a week after buying the damn thing...again, with fear of fraud...I created bloocrab, I have an infatuation with them (Callinectes sapidus)...sometimes we even share the bed, of course I rubber/band their claws...but once the foreplay lost me some fores KIN...so I've learned and adapted.
If I like you,,,,you can call me Gilly. If you don't know if I like you, don't call me anything, I don't comment on what I don't know about or haven't tried. ... but like John said, take it all with a grain of salt.

LOL....now that is funny!:laugha:

Name is Jay.....I sell parts.

"Spin" is actually the first part of my last name and the rest was just a clever play on words which makes my handle somewhat of an oxymoron. :bl2: When I do actually hook up with folks from a forum, that is when I introduce myself as Paul. :bl2:

RIROCKHOUND = I'm a geologist..
the ironic thing is I do almost no work with actual hard rock geology.... I'm a sand and dirt kind of guy....

Actually, now that I know...I can tell :hee: :bl2:

-spence

my real name is scooby I'm a 4year old Lab , my owner likes to fish but can't use a computer to save his life. :gf:

Spence nailed it. No matter where he is from or anyone else of salt.is from Internet advice should be taken with a grain...........or actually a chunk

starting to sound like a Alchoholics Anonymous meeting...Hi my name is_________, my screen name is _____ and yes i live to fish

Whats in a name
 

Mine referrs to falling out of the god damn boat and having to swim for it.

My name's not actually Janie Jones, but I am known as Janie to one or two of my friends. :angel:

:gu:

[QUOTE=bloocrab].... I was and still am weary about putting personal facts on the net, I always feel someone's going to charge a million chalupas on my CC. .. QUOTE]

Bingo! I dont have problem letting you all know my name....first name that is....but my full name plastered on the internet NO WAY.

I am actually shocked that bloo's response wasnt reflected in everyones response as to why they didnt use their full names. With fraud and identity theft such a problem in this day and age we all need to protect ourselves!

very few people I meet know my real name or my screen name,I don't ussallly talk to too many people when I'am out fishing.people who I do meet If the site comes up I'll tell them who I sign on as.I mean really If I sign in as jason or shadow do you know who your talking to?As far as bad info, thats just going to happen no matter if it is on the beach somewhere or right here.How many times have you heard some clueless guy telling someone else about fishing,while hanging out at the water somewhere?

The same thing can be said of information written in print.or Info from any other form of media.So what I know ur name.What difference does that make.The NewYorkTimes Makes sh!t up.
Fisherman Lie.
Thats a known fact u can believe what u wish or not.
U still have a choice to Not Drink The Cool Aid.
Me I love running thru walls.:hihi:
Instead of beating around the bush with some hypethetical BS why not call someone out when u think they are wrong. I do.

U know if my last post sounds a little of color well maybe it is.I think I might take offense to ur claims as I am often one of the posters spewing information on this site.I hope u don't have a problem with me.When I'm not joking I really try to be sincere.I am not the most knowledgable striper person out there.Frankie D has that one wrapped up.:D
But I try when I think I can.

On another board a lure builder was caught using multiple names talking up business and slamming other builders. Mind you this builder claims not to own a computer. If names were used the moderator never would have had to step in and bring this to the attention of others. Funny how so many names with1 post are to slam a person , subject or to sell something.

On the other hand I know more guys by their screen names than their regular names.:cheers:

For most topics it doesn't make any difference, but when its a controversial subject or someone's being critical, it's tough for me to take someone seriously that hides behind a fake name.

On another board that I post on, we have to sign with our name. Not necessarily a full name, but something more than a handle. Controversial topics are always much more civilized.

Suprisigly NIB makes a good point.The entire relevance of using your "real" name doesn't and shouldn't mean squat.Credibility is something that is earned not given to a person who chose to sign a certain way.NIB's word is gospel and I think it stands for New In Box.

Perhaps people just don't find you that interesting in person?

-spence

SD agree's with me?
Where's the Cool Aid.?
:wall:

Come with me ,to brokeback kitchen.I have special sauce to make you go:blush:

:uhoh: :cheers: :devil: :faga: :rotf2: :rotf2:

-spence

See maybe it's better no one nows thier name.:err:

What about the rest of the iceberg of people who are not contributing?
What is behind their reluctance?

Hi - my name is Joe Lyons and I'm from P-Town. Sorry Joe - just a little joke. Some years ago I started on a site as Labrador 1. I did so because all the other names I saw were like that - and at the time I trained Labs so I figured that would be a good name. Most people know my plugs under my actual name (R.M. Smith) but I've kept the Lab1 name for sentimental reasons - or possibly because I'm too busy or lazy to figure out how to change it! I'm all for less anonimity on these sites - but I'm guessing the whole screen name thing is pretty well established.

Who cares what they do.An what does this question have to do with this thread.
People don't post for alot of reasons.They hide with there head in the gound like a ostrich.It's always a very small percentage of population that post's.Unless there is a plug giveaway.'Just like real life.More people vote in American Idol than the presidential elections.Then they piss an moan when gas is 3 bucks a gal an there kids in the middle east in a war.I really don't give 2 sh!ts what they think either.
U didn't answer MY question. Clint..

I chose this as a site name because it's where and how I fish but my name is Dave.

I would wager that the small degree of accountability that comes with having to sign your name to your statements would lead to a less threatening environment. Lurkers would be more apt to join in.

All the boards are pretty much on the same format - nobody is really doing anything significantly different. There can't be just this one way.

Start your own board where you can have all members lay on your couch for 20 minutes before they can post.

Interesting post Joe :smokin:

My name is Mike and SkitterPop on S o L.

Though I try not to be, at times I am guilty of misinformation or just plain wrong information. In taking a hard look at myself and to determine why this is true I discovered the impetus for this skewed info. was that I wanted to have a feel as if I belonged , to participate, show that I knew something, or possibly had a different take on a matter.

Looking for acceptance in all the wrong places :usd: .... I guess :huh:

Interesting post Joe.. Funny.. day before you posted this, a "Senior Angler" who lurks on these boards, but has not posted yet, made the same comments to me.. (If ya see this, I think it's time for the "Senior Angler" to come on board!).... He has said the same thing, a lot of what he sees that is inacurate, gets preached as gospel, and if anyone says otherwise.. well.. the pigpile can be ugly.
And, his point was, "Who, is the person, behind the name?" No way of knowing, on the net.

I am what I am, and who I am, no hiding, my screen name, is my name. Misinformation, been guilty, on occassion, but, also try to go mop up, if I learn I posted wrong. I've been fishing a long time, but to me that does not mean much, could be I'm just making the same mistakes over and over.. still try to learn something each time I go.. and take this site, and others as "Entertaining Education"... some factual fiction, and fictional fact, too ;).. just like ya hear in a B&T, or a coffee shop.. gotta filter info from those places too.

And John R is right.. it's just the internet.. a lot of folks opinions and myths.. yes, Good Acurate Schtuff too.. you have to seperate the wheat from the chaff.. but, as has been said, a lot of this has to be learned, up close and personal, and on your own. John, told me about his "credibility factor" scale, at the Gillette show.. I like that, makes sense too.. meybe he will post on that...