Who are you?

[SaberKitty]

Ok, right now there are three people logged in. one is me. two are hidden. what's the point? why do you people keep your usernames hidden form view? i don't get it.

-SK

[Porro]

I wonder if I'm hidden. I honestly don't know.
BTW that's a foxy username you've got there
Maybe I'm a stalker

[jeep]

Because I can...

[Sofis]

Because it's none of your damn business whether I'm here or not.

[Gaspode]

I don't. I really doesn't matter to me if people know whether or not I'm here. I personally like to know who's here, just out of curiosity, and I think other people (like SK) share that curiosity. So, I make myself visible.

[Cadmium]

What Gaspode said.

If your name is hidden and you post a message, everybody can still see that you're here. The only good reason I can come up with, is that nobody can see you lurking. If you're on-line the whole day for a couple of days and don't post anything, people might think that you're mafia or something. Other than that, I don't see the point.

[Angel Fish]

I use that function because I'm too lazy to log out .

I automatically click on "anonymous" becuase there have been occasions in the past when people have seen my name in lists on a message board, assumed I was online, and sent urgent emails etc expecting me to reply.

[cuban smoker]

I like to see who's online with me. I wish everyone would unhide.

[eillid]

I like to see who's online, too. Plus, it's too much work to click on the invisible button (and I always forget). I kept meaning to while the mafia with the aliases was going on, because I didn't want to make it too easy for people to figure out which one I was, but I never got around to it.

[Bobacino]

Part of discussion boards, for me, is the community kind of feeling going on (Dont get me wrong, I've got a normal life too ). If you keep yourself visible, new players can ask you questions, you can PM your Mafia mates in real time or go to an instant messenger or that kind of thing. I suppose if you're a hot shot mod who has moderated at least everyone in the forum you may feel like you're a bit of a star. People could be battering your PM inbox and maybe you don't want that. But I say, the hell with that! God damn it! There ain't no secrets here.....


.... or is there?

[Q]

I'm being stalked by radioactive mini-gorillas.

[Kelvin]

Because I like to frustrate you, SaberKitty.

I'm currently operating under the Kindergarden school of thought on letting girls (or anyone else) know I like (or even approve) of them. I'm meanest to the people I like most, because I think you can probably handle it and I like to tease. Like many immature folk, I've never really developed appropriate means of expressing approval genuinely and kindly without snickering, making my expression seem insincere.

And a negative connection is better than no connection.

The best is of course when I am dealing with someone who has both the skill and ability to understand me. Better yet is someone who goes farther and empathizes.

I don't have many friends.

(OK, that last was a lie for effect, which is a whole 'nother problem: my sometime acquaintance with the truth. Needless to state, I really like mafia.)

Regards

[Polotet]

Oooo. Kelvin likes Saberkitty, Kelvin likes Saberkitty! Kelvin and Saberkitty sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. (How's that for Kindergarten school of thought?)

[MeMe]

Hey, Kelvin, you should get 'Kitty a

hat

. She likes hats.

[Kelvin]

In the spirit of jest should it be a large felt floppy Mad Hatter's hat, as one sees on the heads of chemically assertive people, or should it be a tasteful sunhat? Perhaps a perky chapeau fresh from the Alps? An executioner's hood?

I'm not so well-versed in hats that I'd provide one underadvised. Please, what think you?

[SaberKitty]