Thanks Dave for providing a first name. Is your name Dave Parkland? Are you willing to provide the name of your company? I think Laura mistook you as the OP for this post.
I'm with Laura in thinking that in a forum like this, anonymity is not as professional nor as effective (or even comforting or happy) as letting us know who you are. I will grant that there could be reasons for such anonymity, however. There are companies that would not want anyone sending an email from their domain to any list related to any of their underlying technology, thinking it all to be part of their strategic advantage or possibly not wanting their competition, prospects or customers to know about their technology for other reasons. Perhaps most companies these days recognize there is some benefit to getting their name out there, even with employees asking technical questions on a list, but I'm guessing some still wish for more privacy. So, I am not opposed to you being somewhat anonymous if that is important to you. A good way for someone to do this is to indicate in some posting a name we can use, even if not your real name, and an indication that you work for a company that wishes to remain anonymous. Optimally I would like to know a person's full name and organization of those in a community like this one. I, for one, prefer thinking of you as Dave Parkland (which might not be your real name, but it works for me) to the not-a-name of "Address," clever as that also seems. It makes what you write more trustworthy to me. It would be even better if you indicated your company as well. I'm sure there are social anthropologists (perhaps even among us) who could tell us why names are important within communities. cheers! --dawn On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Address <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way my name is Dave. Not sure why you are ranting. > > --- On Fri, 4/8/11, Laura Hirsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Laura Hirsh <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [U2] Has anyone ever heard of Kyle Stetson? > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, April 8, 2011, 9:27 PM > > Hey Charlie, > > > > Thanks for your kind reply. > > > > The thread from "Address" was on the topic, "Has anyone > > ever heard of Kyle Stetson"? I was curious. Why *should* I > > have heard of him... why would this question be of interest > > to the U2 folks? > > > > But I felt silly addressing those questions to "Dear > > Address" or "Hey mrparkland". Does Address have a > > first name? Is mrparkland even a name?? This person has been > > posting under this alias for a very long time - rarely, if > > ever, identifying themselves. The same complaint recently > > came up regarding FFT2001. I *knew* who this person was, but > > why hide??? FFT2001 has also been posting for quite a long > > time, rarely identifying himself by first/last name. > > > > > > I think that a professional group such as ours is for those > > who value the content of messages and the exchange of > > thoughtful comments. And as such, folks should identify > > themselves - at least in closing a message for goodness > > sake. If one doesn't want to "own" their comments, then they > > shouldn't post them!!! I can't wait till I'm in a meeting > > and am introduced... Laura, I'd like you to meet > > "address" and sitting next to him is "fft2001". To me, *not* > > identifying oneself by name is rude and inappropriate - at > > least for this group. Just my .02 cents. > > > > Thanks again Charlie for your kind message, and for > > identifying yourself! <g>. Hope you are doing well! > > > > Laura Hirsh > > > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
