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#164400 - 02/26/04 09:11 PM
Anonymous posts
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Minnesota
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Why is that the most recent posts have all come fron non-registered BOLers? For those that post anonymously, I think you will receiver a faster reply if we know who is asking the question? I for one, hestitate to answer a post if the person is not registered. In some cases, it may be wise to post anonymously, but lately it is the norm instead of the exception. BOL is awesome and registration is free...so why not take register? 
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#164401 - 02/26/04 10:09 PM
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Diamond Poster
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,164
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Why is that the most recent posts have all come fron non-registered BOLers? For those that post anonymously, I think you will receiver a faster reply if we know who is asking the question? I for one, hestitate to answer a post if the person is not registered. In some cases, it may be wise to post anonymously, but lately it is the norm instead of the exception.
BOL is awesome and registration is free...so why not take register?
I'm thinking that you are mistaken, in that a lot of registered posters (regularly) sign off to post questions as they are either embarrassed to ask or they don't want the issue traced back to them or for some other reason. Registered posters also sign off to post responses, as well. So you never really know if a anon post is from a registered user or not.
My feeling is that no one should ID themselves on BOL as it's a public forum and there are all kinds of strange people out there and some strange people here, as well.
With that said, it's great to have a place where you can anonymously receive well thought out responses to some really lame questions that often turn out to be not lame at all. You are overrating the value of registration as registration can result in evaluation and cliquish-type behavior, at least occasionally - especially if you register and ID yourself in your bio.
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#164402 - 02/26/04 10:56 PM
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Anonymous
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My good friend, Paragon, as usual, is once again able to articulate a reasonable and accurate response. While I and most others would agree that registering a user name and formalizing your identity is viewed as being more kind and gentler, I don't find that registered responders are in all cases necessarily more knowledgeable than unregistered responders. Absent the "guru"-level people and experienced threadsters, sometimes a well-recognized, registered respondent is the same ones that spend most of their time in the cooler or on the couch. As Paragon once aptly said: The mere number of one's posts is not an indicator of competence or knowledge and, very often, those who are most vociferous in arguing for an anon to "register" usually means they haven't a clue anyway. Anyone can spot a well-written, sincere request, versus a poorly written request. When a registered responder demands "registration", this is usually just a way of masking the absence of knowledge -- while at the same time promoting clubiness. If the intent was to exclude unregistered (i.e., anonymous) contributers, then there are means available for the webmaster to enact this restriction.
Those who have it go stealth.
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#164403 - 02/26/04 10:57 PM
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Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 3,708
Las Vegas Nevada
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People hide behind anonymous for a number of valid reasons as well as bad ones.
Taking the opposite position anonymous posts often ask sensetive security questions which should not be answered publicly. Its easier to respond if you know who the person is and that they are a legitimate banker. As stated there are some strange people out there.
Registered users can access features Unregistered cannot. You cannot send a PM to an anonymous poster. Knowing the source of a Post or response can give credence to the post.
Registered users are no more cliquish than non registered users and anonymous posters are as apt to display childish behavior as those that are.
Some vendors abuse the anonymouse title in order to ask a fake question about their product and obtain free advertising, or take shots at a competitor product.
IMO it pays to be very cautious about answering a post from anonymous on any policy or sensetive issue. Its a good thing to form sound business associations with people you can identify.
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#164404 - 02/27/04 12:01 AM
Re: Anonymous posts
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Diamond Poster
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,164
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My good friend, Paragon, as usual, is once again able to articulate a reasonable and accurate response.
Those who have it go stealth.
WOW - thanks for the compliment anon and the interesting stealth comment. Clubiness is also a good way to put the occasional circle the wagons activity around here, although I’m not sure that it’s an actual dictionary type word – but the meaning comes through loud and clear.
As Don noted above, there are a few benefits to registration, but he excluded the Club part, in that if you fully ID yourself, there is some sort of private question “club” that you can participate in – I’m not sure how it works, but I do know that membership is not one of my interests.
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#164405 - 02/27/04 03:46 AM
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Anonymous
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Ray:
Are you talking to yourself again ?
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#164407 - 02/27/04 03:45 PM
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Diamond Poster
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,164
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Thanks for confirming my point: First: I'm not the subject anon, but yes - even Guru's sign off and post to themselves (as you have done); Second: once you are nailed by a "clubiness" member, they are relentless in an effort to disrespect you as a poster, so it’s best not to register, but especially not to ID yourself.
Clubiness posts are easily recognized, as they are basically: babble, balderdash, blah blah, blather, bunkum, chatter, claptrap, double talk, drivel, gabble, gobbledygook, Greek, hocus-pocus, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, magic, mumbo jumbo, palaver, prattle, scat, twaddle and yammer, but primarily gibberish and nonsense.
But, life is short, so who cares!
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#164408 - 02/27/04 04:01 PM
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Diamond Poster
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,815
Minnesota
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But, life is short, so who cares!
So why do you feel compelled to keep responding?
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#164409 - 02/27/04 04:02 PM
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Anonymous
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Thanks for the info.one of the qeustions was from me and I am extremely new at Auditing and using the this site.
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#164410 - 02/27/04 04:11 PM
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Diamond Poster
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,815
Minnesota
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There are several sites out there, including BOL, that have some great audit programs. Although I wouldn't consider us "clubby" since we registered, it is a nice feature and you would be surprised at how many people interact together and it is the networking that is great. Try Auditnet or your regulator's website as well. BOL also has a great search tool that you can enter in what you are looking for to see if it was discussed/shared previously. Good luck!
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#164411 - 02/27/04 04:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,164
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But, life is short, so who cares!
So why do you feel compelled to keep responding?
Kiwi: Are you married to Daniel?
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#164413 - 02/27/04 04:30 PM
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All over the map.
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Hey fellow club members! and Ray... (Wow, what a compliment....LOLOLOLOL)
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#164415 - 02/27/04 04:42 PM
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100 Club
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 138
Kentucky
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For the benefit of those posting who are looking for answers whether anonymously or not, lets keep this thread from digressing further. If anyone wants to discuss who the posters are, it might be better suited to the Water Cooler or the Couch.
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#164416 - 02/27/04 04:44 PM
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Anonymous
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Paragon, these club responses are the very drivel that we speak of. They are the responses from those who are unable to decipher the distinction in our writing styles, yet, as always, the insecure members of the club immediately reference "Ray." Anyone in the know can see that we're coming from different traceroutes, different traffic paths, from different ISPs, and obviously from different geographic regions of the country.
Ray is an illusion. The name is used as a pejorative reference to anyone who writes well, raises substantive issues, attempts to share knowledge, or who is successful at raising and supporting a position. It's like when you walked by the bullies in high school: As a group they'd attack and appear unified; once alone they lacked courage and conviction.
The reference to Ray is a subtle badge of honor.
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#164417 - 02/27/04 04:51 PM
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Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 5,184
All over the map.
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Paragon, these club responses are the very drivel that we speak of. They are the responses from those who are unable to decipher the distinction in our writing styles, yet, as always, the insecure members of the club immediately reference "Ray." Anyone in the know can see that we're coming from different traceroutes, different traffic paths, from different ISPs, and obviously from different geographic regions of the country.
Ray is an illusion. The name is used as a pejorative reference to anyone who writes well, raises substantive issues, attempts to share knowledge, or who is successful at raising and supporting a position. It's like when you walked by the bullies in high school: As a group they'd attack and appear unified; once alone they lacked courage and conviction.
The reference to Ray is a subtle badge of honor.
You're kidding, right? Gimme a break.....only Ray uses words like drivel and pejorative, and as far as the location issue....we aren't idiots Ray. Sorry to disappoint! Funny that you reference HS bullies. Three names come to mind from my past, and I wonder which one of the 3 jerks you are... Please just get lost, this is no honor for you.
Sorry guys, I'm Outta this one! I'll be at the bar getting plowed while I work on employee training.
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#164418 - 02/27/04 05:20 PM
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Anonymous
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Sorry guys, I'm Outta this one! I'll be at the bar getting plowed while I work on employee training.
This is precisely my point. This is perhaps the single-most contributor of hundreds of non-bank posts made solely to seek the club's unending adulation. The loud-picture, see-my-long-name, here-I-am-again, wizard-behind-the-curtain girl.
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#164419 - 02/27/04 05:25 PM
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Gold Star
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 295
St. Louis, MO
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I'll be at the bar
Don't you mean Club instead of bar? 
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#164420 - 02/27/04 05:37 PM
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Anonymous
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the single-most contributor of hundreds of non-bank posts
more like thousands
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#164421 - 02/27/04 05:39 PM
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Joined: Nov 2001
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PA
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Anyone in the know can see that we're coming from different traceroutes, different traffic paths, from different ISPs, and obviously from different geographic regions of the country.
Anon,
Are you in the know? You must be, because the rest of us cannot determine either of your locations, yet you seem to have enough of an idea about both your location and Paragon's that you can draw the above conclusion.
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#164422 - 02/27/04 05:44 PM
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10K Club
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 40,766
Turnpike Exit 10
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Anon, would you please register so that I can put your User name on the "ignore user" list as well?
Thank you.
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