[ SECRET POST #2819 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2819 ⌋

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Comments

[cushlamochree]

I don't know. I post anon sometimes even though I have an account, and I do it for a lot of reasons, but I do think most of them boil down to me being a fucking weirdo.

1) if I'm logged in, I feel like I have to own what I'm saying more, especially on controversial topics. I feel more pressure, and I feel like I'm only willing to talk if it's something that I'm fairly certain that I have the knowledge and experience to talk about. I spend a lot more time thinking about it and making sure that I can stand by my statements and making sure that everything sounds right. I don't think this is fundamentally justifiable, because either I should be willing to say something or I shouldn't. Like, if I can't stand by it, I shouldn't say it. but you know how it is.

2) Revealing things about myself. It's just something that I have problems with. Talking about my emotions and anything personal is something I worry about, and being anon often feels more comfortable as a way to do that. I just worry about how things are going to be perceived. The old social anxiety and all that thing. It's a problem that I have in general, not just on here, but it still plays into it, even though it's low stakes and basically irrational.

3) There was a third reason but I forgot it. Oh yeah! I go anon in Doctor Who discussions because I'm still trying to pretend to myself that I'm not a Doctor Who fan but I should really just cut that out and accept that I'm one of them. Gabba gabba hey.

Anyway yeah I think all of those things basically have to do with my own anxieties, more than anything else, but those are essentially the reasons I sometimes don't want to say what I'm thinking when I'm logged in.

[elaminator]

I go anon in Doctor Who discussions because I'm still trying to pretend to myself that I'm not a Doctor Who fan but I should really just cut that out and accept that I'm one of them. Gabba gabba hey.

Okay, that made me laugh.

I get the anxiety thing, though. I have it too and sometimes I worry way too much about my comments, even when I'm not saying anything of note. I don't often comment on controversial topics, not because my opinions are polarizing ones, but because I don't feel like I'm eloquent enough to express myself in the way I want. (Or, same as you, I'm not sure I'm educated enough on the topic.) For that same reason I very rarely post anon.

[dancing_clown]

If you duck up in an anon post...you just ignore it. You know what you meant and that all the criticism is based on something you didn't mean and is thus irrelevant.

[(Anonymous)]

Yep. This is why I usually post anon.

[cushlamochree]

I don't know, I think your posts are a good thing insofar as they do encourage people to post more logged in. I don't think they're a problem, unless it's particularly frustrating for you personally or something. I wouldn't worry about it.

WRT revealing personal stuff, I think for me, it almost feels like if you're anonymous, it's not you. It's just another anonymous person on the Internet revealing this stuff. It's easier to keep it in stride. I don't think that's a rational point of view but for whatever reason, that seems to be how it is. Just different methods of weirdness I guess.

[cushlamochree]

I agree that it sucks when an anon is trolling or manipulating or things like that. I guess I just feel like that falls more into the category of people being assholes, rather than a structural problem of the system.

I don't know. I like the combination of logged-in and anonymous posting. It's comfortable. It's definitely a different dynamic than either fully anonymous or fully logged in, and I think they all have their advantages.