First and foremost I think we all owe Herb a word of thanks. He's certainly sacrificed a great deal in the way of time and heartache.
It's unfortunate that it had to come to this (log-in and regulation). However, it should go quite a ways towards reducing silly/belligerent posts and profanity.
I do agree with one excellent suggestion (posted originally by Ryan in 'Off-Topic'...I just bring it up here as it's a major issue and this forum receives more traffic). With only first names attached it is difficult to keep track/differentiate between posts. Many of us have fairly common names. While I think that the fear over first/last name attachment is largely unwarranted, I am sensitivie to other peoples' concerns. Ryan suggests we each create a "posting name"...something unique, unchangeable, and as silly or creative as we wish which will be displayed along with our first names (i.e. AsteroidMiner(Anthony) ). This allows some differentiation between posts while mainting log-in accountability and a certain small measure of public accountability with the first name.
It's unfortunate that it had to come to this (log-in and regulation). However, it should go quite a ways towards reducing silly/belligerent posts and profanity.
I do agree with one excellent suggestion (posted originally by Ryan in 'Off-Topic'...I just bring it up here as it's a major issue and this forum receives more traffic). With only first names attached it is difficult to keep track/differentiate between posts. Many of us have fairly common names. While I think that the fear over first/last name attachment is largely unwarranted, I am sensitivie to other peoples' concerns. Ryan suggests we each create a "posting name"...something unique, unchangeable, and as silly or creative as we wish which will be displayed along with our first names (i.e. AsteroidMiner(Anthony) ). This allows some differentiation between posts while mainting log-in accountability and a certain small measure of public accountability with the first name.
