Comments on: MAP Episode 73: Normal Service

By: Jenifer

Jenifer — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:36:17 +0000

I’m admittedly hesitant about having my real name up on the internet and it does prevent me from being more of a jackass.

Here at the pure and innocent Lusipurr.com, I’ll gladly call you all shit-gobbling fuckwits and post my UNDERBOOB-filled news because I know there is almost no chance of anyone important finding it. However, in instances where my boss or my clients can see it, I do restrain myself. There are many, many things that I would love to post up on Facebook, but I have to stop and think: What will my boss say? What will all these clients, who allow me into their house and trust me with their pet’s well-being, think? Or, even better, what will the people who employed me at the pharmacy, where I dispensed drugs that could mean life or death, think of me?

Thus I think it really depends on where the real name is being displayed. I agree with Lusi; on video game forums, where people are used to spewing verbal diarrhea over their headset anyway, people are still going to be complete idiots.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:34:51 +0000

I am not happy to have SiliconNooB’s typos associated with my RL name.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:33:31 +0000

*No* not So.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:32:30 +0000

So, I doubt there’s much I do online that I wouldn’t be happy to have associated with my RL name, often those I troll have it coming …

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:55:31 +0000

@SN: And how often has that stopped us being jackasses?

Never.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:36:22 +0000

I think it’s a damn silly idea, that said it’s not exactly difficult for someone to get ahold of my name or Lusi’s atm.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:34:45 +0000

@Breaka: It’s not like I’m talking out of my ass. I’ve posted on several message boards where people’s real-life names were on display, and they were just as prone to jackassery as any other forum.

By: breaka666

breaka666 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:32:21 +0000

@Lusi – I think we’re gonna need to agree to disagree on this one.

bewbs.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:26:05 +0000

@Breaka: Except that forcing people to post under their real-life names doesn’t ‘fix’ anything; and, instead, creates a whole host of new problems.

It does take balls to fix things, but it takes even more balls to admit when your plan isn’t going to work, and to step back, review the situation, and try to find out what will solve the issue.

As we said on the podcast, it’s not about making people use their real names. I mean, seriously, do you think that is going to stop a bunch of retards? No way; it’s just going to hurt a bunch of otherwise law-abiding uers. It’s about proper moderation, full stop.

By: breaka666

breaka666 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:51:12 +0000

I wish Blizzard had stuck to their guns on the real ID thing. yeah people woulda bitched but dammit it takes BALLS to fix things and Blizzard apparently lost theirs.