Would you post under your real name?

I don't post under my own name, and have very close privacy settings on anything like facebook, as I work with people who may find it useful to find information about me. I have already had someone try to access my personal e-mail account. I know another client tried to find my home address through google. I have a fairly unusal name, so will keep my annonmity as much as possible. There are some people on here who know who I am, but they are people who have no contact with my clients and who I trust to keep my identity to themelves.
 
FionaM12 said:
Out of interest, why do people who say they'd be fine about posting under their real names, not do so? :confused:
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In the context of the initial question, which was "would you say the same things if you had to post under your own name", then yes I would, as I don't post anything that I wouldn't say in real life or under my own name.

I'm not hard to find - I know lots of people on here "in real life" and I have a link to my website in my profile.

So anyone who wants to know my real name can find out very easily.

But that doesn't mean I particularly want to go out of my way to draw attention to my identity - I don't feel the need to make it obvious, or want to broadcast it to the whole world at a glance, but nor do I make any attempt to hide it for anyone who cares enough to find out, IYSWIM.
 
I hadn't really thought about it, but I am Casey76 all over the internet, and very few places I am different.

If I had to use my real name it wouldn't change what I post
 
When I first came here, to ask for help with my dodgy return to horse ownership :o someone on the yard recognised me. They didn't say so until when I was about to leave the yard. Then they had a go at me about what I'd posted here. :confused:

I read back over and over what I'd said here, and to this day could not see I'd said anything to upset that person or anyone else. :confused:

It did make me think about how people can have a different take on what we write and made me keener to not be too easily spotted here.
 
I would post under my real name yes.

For those who think it would mean people would be more careful about what they posted I'd they used their real names I don't agree

Look at Facebook, most people post under their own names yet it gets blamed for everything from marriage break ups to bullying
 
WelshD said:
I would post under my real name yes.

For those who think it would mean people would be more careful about what they posted I'd they used their real names I don't agree

Look at Facebook, most people post under their own names yet it gets blamed for everything from marriage break ups to bullying
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That's true, there's some very extreme stuff posted there in what are presumably peoples' real names.
 
My username is my nickname and howi am referred to in most aspects of my life. I don't care who knows who I am. I know people on here for whom I was just a username and vice versa. Guess what...no lies or bugging ourselves up on here meant no awkwardness. We are who we are. As said abover, privacy is worth protecting but I will tell if asked :-)
 
I must be pretty thick as other than those using what appear to be real names and a one or two I have "met" thru other online stuff, such as feeding courses, I have no idea who any of you are in real life. I only post on here if I think I have something to offer or need advice myself very like me in real life, I think.

My name on here is my surname in RL But I haven't met anyone else on here that I know in RL or do I ? :confused:
 
Yes I would say whatever I say under my own name, I think I'm rather inoffensive, but when people have a go at each other on here and they say 'but in your last post you said this...' 'your reply on this thread says quite the opposite!' I think how awful! It's like an archive of your opinions to be held against you!

I do find it weird and awkward when you meet someone in real life and you have to acknowledge you recognise them from the internet... Not sure why! I wouldn't find it weird people recognising me from facebook groups etc though because I use my real name!
 
I would post under my name, I don't because I wanted to do the whole make up a forum name :D even though its not officially made up as its Ameys show name.

FionaM12 I'm really curious as to what your name is now you've said how usual it is :o.
 
No, I wouldn't for two reasons: First, it's the internet. Once it's there it's there. Secondly, I am a dead poet, so I can't use my real name...
 
I just like anonymity. ..

I dont know if I'm going to explain this very well but its also a very personal view..I don't want people to think I come on here to give out advice because I think I know lots of 'stuff' on horses. In fact I rarely give any advice, I really have no confidence in myself.. I just ask questions as I dont really have anyone I can ask!

Ive also had to ask a few questions about difficult loan situations and I think times like that anonymity is sometimes for the best.

Having said that ive posted pictures of my ponies so I guess I could identified and I have one person I know on my fb who was on here and JFTD I think we spoke briefly over a mutual friends fb post.. if you remeber my name I commend your memory!
 
Don't worry BYH, while I remember chatting to you on a certain (notorious!) user's facebook, I couldn't even begin to remember your name.

Mind you, most days I struggle to remember my own name ;)
 
Most of the stuff I write on here I would write under my real name, no one really reads what I write anyway. That said, recently I have been boiling over with stuff going on in my horsey life that I am really not happy with but I wouldn't dare write anywhere on the internet because nothing is ever really secret, so I keep it to myself, best way if you don't want anyone to find something out.
 
I tell you what I do sometimes do though: call people by their forum names in real life :o

Now that's embarassing!
 
skint1 said:
Most of the stuff I write on here I would write under my real name, no one really reads what I write anyway. That said, recently I have been boiling over with stuff going on in my horsey life that I am really not happy with but I wouldn't dare write anywhere on the internet because nothing is ever really secret, so I keep it to myself, best way if you don't want anyone to find something out.
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I originally joined HHO because I needed support and advice which I didn't feel I could find at that point in RL.

I got the help I needed here. :) I couldn't have done that by keeping it to myself. ;)
 
Giggling to myself I've gone all through this post and only just realised what RL is, I thought it was another forum you all used and I felt quite left out!!!!
I don't use my real name just in case I post a REALLY stupid question or response to a post, and someone recognises me and then has written proof of how stupid I am 😄😄😄(well to be fair it has already happened a few times) , hopefully no one I know has recognised me yet.
I have made one face to face friend through the forum but she lives miles away and doesn't know anyone else in my area thank goodness ha ha😄
 
Oh and I think I'm relatively inoffensive so I'm not too worried about upsetting people, and I wouldn't say anything on here that might upset people deliberately😜
 
Wouldnt take a massive amount of googling to find out who I am. Idid used to post under my first name but forgot my password and hho never sent me the email reminder I kept asking for. The
 
I did have my name on here and then I decided to change it as I was having a hard time at my previous yard and I knew there were people who most likely came on here at the yard so decided to change :)
 
I'd post under my real name, but I do like being a bit anonymous. I frequented the horsey forums for a long time using my real name (BHS, Tackroom Gossip era, going back a few years!)
But these days owning a tb called Slumdog I'd probably be pretty easy to find anyway lol :)

I do often wonder if we have any 'famous' riders on here hiding!
 
I use my real name. But that is because I wouldn't say anything on here that I wouldn't say to anyone's face :) plus I have nothing to hide about myself and I regularly embarrass myself off of the Internet so it makes no difference :)
 
FionaM12 said:
Out of interest, why do people who say they'd be fine about posting under their real names, not do so? :confused:
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I am fine about it, and do. The f stands for Francis. I use this handle on all forums I post on.

The advantage of using my real name is that it makes me consider what I write quite carefully, and so I tend not to write things that I wouldn't say to someone's face 'in real life'. Keeps me on the straight and narrow (mostly). :)

ETA: AmiRobertson - snap! That is uncanny.
 
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