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  Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?)
 
Tanya: I am not disagreeing with your understanding of the TOS, but let me just throw in that I wish I had never used my real name to use lugnet. It's no real panic, but I am almost positive my full name and email address was collected from lugnet (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?)
 
(...) Massive confusion: what difference does it make whether or not spammers have your full name? They'll cheerfully send you mail even if they don't know your name. (I should know---I'm currently getting spam at all my addresses (including the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?)
 
(...) Yeah, I have to say I'm with Tanya on this. No offense to "Darth", but I'm less inclined to take seriously a post from a person going by a nickname anyway-- it's like people who name their pets after obscure literary characters and think (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?)
 
I would feel much less comfortable around Lugnet without knowing people's names - I guess I am a very visual person and a name gives me a peg to hang a mental image on of the people whose posts I am reading and to which I am replying. I am not (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?)
 
Hi Richard! (...) To be frank (err, to be Shiri)... Aww, c'mon, gimme a break. Honestly, Richard; the one thing that makes lugnet so special and friendly and personal is the use of our real life names; the knowledge that people are here with honest (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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