Psycho-Babble Administration Thread 770125

Shown: posts 1 to 3 of 3. This is the beginning of the thread.

Is there rule re: name usage n body of followup?

Posted by Fivefires on July 17, 2007, at 13:42:58

I will often refer to a poster by name or initials in the body of a followup.

I think, if one wishes not to be referred to by the name they have posted with, they should change it via the admin route asap.

If for some reason they are unable to logon and follow the name chg procedure, what should they do?

When trying to comfort someone in a followup, my feelings were a bit hurt, when I was told in capital letters by another poster not to use this person's posting name.

I think it might have been better for a confidante of the person unable to make the name change, to go to Admin and explain.

Or, make another rule - No using name or initials in body of a post or followup. I'd hate to see that happen.

5f

Re: Is there rule re: name usage n body of followu » Fivefires

Posted by gardenergirl on July 17, 2007, at 14:02:04

In reply to Is there rule re: name usage n body of followup?, posted by Fivefires on July 17, 2007, at 13:42:58

Hi ff,
I think I know what prompted your question, and I don't think that it was about any post you made. I think it was about someone else's post.

As far as using someone's name, it's perfectly fine to use someone's current posting name in your post. You can say, "Dear GG, ..." or "GG, you're so awesome" ;-), and that's not a problem. If I used to post under a different name, let's say "old gg", you shouldn't use that name after the change, because I might not wish to be connected with the old name. So if you wrote a post to me today and used "old gg" in it, I might not like that.

So as far as I know, I think the short answer to the rule is that you always use the poster's current screen name in your post, (unless the screen name itself is something uncivil.)

hope this helps,

gg

Re: Is there rule re: name usage n body of followu

Posted by Fivefires on July 17, 2007, at 16:04:39

In reply to Re: Is there rule re: name usage n body of followu » Fivefires, posted by gardenergirl on July 17, 2007, at 14:02:04

GG, you're so awesome.

tks, 5f

This is the end of the thread.

Show another thread

Psycho-Babble Administration | Extras | FAQ

Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD, bob@dr-bob.org

Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.