I'm not saying this person wasn't sockpuppeting, but (and again, in a general sense) people on the internet do have many varied (and often valid) reasons for not revealing who they are.
Hm - I think maybe we're coming from two slightly different angles at this. I don't mean giving a real-life name; I mean not using their own livejournal name so that the people they generally interact with on livejournal won't know it's them. I would never ask someone I encounter online to give me their real name or any information about their life outside of internet interaction, except in specific situations (we have known each other online for years; we live in the same city and want to meet; I've offered to send something via post and they are willing to email me their address; etc.).
As for the sock-puppet, the account was created 18 days ago, there are no posts and no friends listed, and seems to exist solely for the purpose of tearing down the AO3 and the OTW. I'm going with Occam's Razor (or Ockham's Razor, depending on which school you subscribe to *g*) on this one.
I understand what you're saying about where I went south. The fault was mine in terms of phraseology: I should have pointed out all of the factual errors without saying "you're mental" and the rest of it. Not my finest hour.
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Re: Sorry. Couldn't help myself.
Date: 2010-01-03 09:10 pm (UTC)Hm - I think maybe we're coming from two slightly different angles at this. I don't mean giving a real-life name; I mean not using their own livejournal name so that the people they generally interact with on livejournal won't know it's them. I would never ask someone I encounter online to give me their real name or any information about their life outside of internet interaction, except in specific situations (we have known each other online for years; we live in the same city and want to meet; I've offered to send something via post and they are willing to email me their address; etc.).
As for the sock-puppet, the account was created 18 days ago, there are no posts and no friends listed, and seems to exist solely for the purpose of tearing down the AO3 and the OTW. I'm going with Occam's Razor (or Ockham's Razor, depending on which school you subscribe to *g*) on this one.
I understand what you're saying about where I went south. The fault was mine in terms of phraseology: I should have pointed out all of the factual errors without saying "you're mental" and the rest of it. Not my finest hour.