On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/30/07, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:37:49 AM, The wrote: > > > > I like to dissuade any contributing author on pmwiki.org to use more > > than one Profile name, purely for the sake of avoiding confusion. > > I've noticed programmers tend to take themselves a bit too seriously > at times. Poking in a bit of fun here and there might not be so bad > at times.
While it's okay to be light hearted, multiple screen names has a term: sockpuppet.[1] When you use the other fictitious account to justify one's actions (e.g. having your "associate" validate your decisions), then you're being intentionally deceptive. There's no humor in that. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_sock_puppet -- Ben Wilson "Words are the only thing which will last forever" Churchill _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
