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Do you know who the anons are?

P: 5/22/2009 4:54:49 PM
luckystar112 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,797 Last Post: 11/16/2009 Member Since: 1/8/2007	When someone (a regular poster) creates a new screen name for the purpose of sharing a personal story are you able to tell who they are based solely on the details they give in the thread? I can never tell, and I admit I try to figure it out! Just wondering what you all think. Disclaimer: If you think you know the person who posted a particular thread, please don't post that person's s/n in here! I'm sure I don't have to tell you that but you never know.
Posted: 5/22/2009 4:54:49 PM

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P: 5/22/2009 4:58:44 PM
neatfreak Ideal Rock Total Posts: 13,450 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/17/2007	Sometimes I know right away...especially if the poster in question has very distinctive grammar mistakes or sentence structure. But sometimes I have no idea.
Posted: 5/22/2009 4:58:44 PM

P: 5/22/2009 5:34:53 PM
luckystar112 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,797 Last Post: 11/16/2009 Member Since: 1/8/2007	See, I figure people would be able to tell it is me by my grammar. I use a ton of elipses in my posts. I don't pay attention to anyone else's grammar though.
Posted: 5/22/2009 5:34:53 PM

P: 5/22/2009 5:47:35 PM
decodelighted Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,625 Last Post: 11/16/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2005	Date: 5/22/2009 5:34:53 PM Author: luckystar112 See, I figure people would be able to tell it is me by my grammar. So it IS you!! Eh, I'm just kidding. I get curious too but I've never figured one out for sure. And I'd never call someone out - ooof, that would be awful. I think the curiosity stems from thinking that more details from previous posts would help "tell the tale" so to speak. Its so hard to see people go through difficult times & not know why bad things happen to good people. Its human nature to try to find a smoking gun or something so you can feel more secure that YOU won't end up in the same position. Yanno?
Posted: 5/22/2009 5:47:35 PM

P: 5/22/2009 6:16:18 PM
Italiahaircolor Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,337 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 12/17/2007	I honestly never know. Sometimes I wish I did, esspecially if it's an advice seeking post because I could better tailor my advice to a specific person--knowing their background and all. But... I totally get the privacy thing, and not wanting a specific issue or event tied back to them. So, I never try too hard to uncover someone. ____________________________ Remember to keep your words soft and sweet...you may have to eat them someday.
Posted: 5/22/2009 6:16:18 PM

P: 5/22/2009 6:19:49 PM
princesss Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,574 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 3/18/2007	I can usually tell, especially if they've got distinctive syntax. ______________________________________________ "It's hardest to love the ordinary things, she said, but you get lots of opportunities to practice." Storypeople
Posted: 5/22/2009 6:19:49 PM

P: 5/22/2009 6:25:29 PM
bee* Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,103 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/14/2006	I can never tell. I didn't even think to look at how they write!
Posted: 5/22/2009 6:25:29 PM

P: 5/22/2009 6:32:10 PM
purrfectpear Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,696 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2008	Two of them have been obvious. I really don't know why anyone bothers to create a new name, have some courage. Life happens. "Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn." -Gore Vidal
Posted: 5/22/2009 6:32:10 PM

P: 5/22/2009 6:33:23 PM
luckystar112 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,797 Last Post: 11/16/2009 Member Since: 1/8/2007	Date: 5/22/2009 5:47:35 PM Author: decodelighted Date: 5/22/2009 5:34:53 PM Author: luckystar112 See, I figure people would be able to tell it is me by my grammar. So it IS you!! Eh, I'm just kidding. I knew you all were on to me so I created this thread to throw you off my scent! Except, I knew you'd see right through it so now I'm denying it. But then again, if I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew........
Posted: 5/22/2009 6:33:23 PM

P: 5/22/2009 7:45:20 PM
thing2of2 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,661 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 1/1/2007	Ha, I always wonder, too! I don't really try that hard to figure it out, though...maybe I'd know if I tried harder?
Posted: 5/22/2009 7:45:20 PM

P: 5/22/2009 8:08:29 PM
joflier Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,696 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/2/2007	I never know. but I don't try too hard to figure it out though either.
Posted: 5/22/2009 8:08:29 PM

P: 5/22/2009 8:45:47 PM
Hudson_Hawk Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,443 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 11/2/2006	I tried posting anonymously once and it didn't work. I didn't realize until I hit submit. After that I decided I wouldn't try to do anything anonymously anymore. After all, this is cyberspace and with exception of a few ladies whom I've met in person, no one really knows me IRL. That's Mrs. Hudson_Hawk to you... Over and out.
Posted: 5/22/2009 8:45:47 PM

P: 5/22/2009 9:34:49 PM
VRBeauty Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,601 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2006	I never can tell. Note to self: use alternate grammar and syntax when posting under your assumed assumed name! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VRBeauty Thursday is the new Friday.
Posted: 5/22/2009 9:34:49 PM

P: 5/22/2009 9:43:08 PM
fiery Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,107 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	I have never been able to figure one out lol My detective skills aren't that great apparently.
Posted: 5/22/2009 9:43:08 PM

P: 5/22/2009 9:49:52 PM
Lynn B Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,142 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/9/2004	Honestly, and I know this may really sound pollyanna, but I swear it is the truth -- I never even TRY to tell. I figure they are distressed and went to a lot of trouble to mask their identity and I try hard to respect that privacy. And THAT'S my story and I'm sticking to it!
Posted: 5/22/2009 9:49:52 PM

P: 5/22/2009 9:56:06 PM
princesss Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,574 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 3/18/2007	Date: 5/22/2009 9:49:52 PM Author: Lynn B Honestly, and I know this may really sound pollyanna, but I swear it is the truth -- I never even TRY to tell. I figure they are distressed and went to a lot of trouble to mask their identity and I try hard to respect that privacy. If I can't tell immediately, I don't do anything to try to find out. But you know how when your best friend or SO calls you, you can tell their voice right away and never have to ask who it is? That's how it is with several posters and their syntax. The way they phrase a sentence or use certain words screams out, "I am __________!" I know their posts regardless of name or picture. ______________________________________________ "It's hardest to love the ordinary things, she said, but you get lots of opportunities to practice." Storypeople
Posted: 5/22/2009 9:56:06 PM

P: 5/22/2009 10:01:48 PM
lyra Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,763 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/13/2007	I try hard not to know if that makes sense. I just try to offer advice and support if I can. I guess I'm really easy to fool.
Posted: 5/22/2009 10:01:48 PM

P: 5/22/2009 10:09:53 PM
Tacori E-ring Ideal Rock Total Posts: 16,086 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 8/15/2005	Date: 5/22/2009 8:45:47 PM Author: Hudson_Hawk I tried posting anonymously once and it didn't work. I didn't realize until I hit submit. After that I decided I wouldn't try to do anything anonymously anymore. After all, this is cyberspace and with exception of a few ladies whom I've met in person, no one really knows me IRL. This is how I feel to. I do not GET why people try to be MORE anonymous when few people really know them on here (if any) anyways. I find those threads annoying and usually ignore them.
Posted: 5/22/2009 10:09:53 PM

P: 5/22/2009 10:27:08 PM
TravelingGal Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,309 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 12/29/2004	I never can tell, don't care if I can't tell and don't bother ever trying to tell. Basically I don't care. _______________________ Travel quote of the week: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain
Posted: 5/22/2009 10:27:08 PM

P: 5/22/2009 10:32:45 PM
canuk-gal Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,195 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 4/19/2004	Date: 5/22/2009 10:27:08 PM Author: TravelingGal I never can tell, don't care if I can't tell and don't bother ever trying to tell. Basically I don't care. HI: Ditto. cheers--Sharon "People who possess great qualities, do not need to show off".
Posted: 5/22/2009 10:32:45 PM

P: 5/22/2009 10:35:45 PM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,162 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	Date: 5/22/2009 10:27:08 PM Author: TravelingGal I never can tell, don't care if I can't tell and don't bother ever trying to tell. Basically I don't care. LOL Not sure why, but this really struck my "funny bone" I think I've posted anonymously before... I can't remember. I know I thought about it. Meh. I wasn't trying to keep it separate from my "PS identity," whatever that is. If I recall correctly it was something I didn't want my husband (then boyfriend) to recognize as me, since he knows "who I am" on PS (and I have a sneaking suspicion that he reads some of what I write , out of curiosity if nothing else). Not a life-shattering thing, just something I wasn't yet ready to discuss with him.
Posted: 5/22/2009 10:35:45 PM

P: 5/22/2009 10:37:18 PM
MC Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,831 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 2/8/2003	Date: 5/22/2009 10:09:53 PM Author: Tacori E-ring This is how I feel to. I do not GET why people try to be MORE anonymous when few people really know them on here (if any) anyways. I find those threads annoying and usually ignore them. Remember there was the thread about PS reputation or something like that? Maybe if a person has an "anonymous" question, they'd feel like the reputation they've created would influence others comments about the situation that is brought up so they try and do the blank-slate thing? That said, are there that many anonymous threads? I see one every once in a while but never read any of them because they're usually too long and it is kind of odd becoming involved and investing time in a post made by a person "hiding." ETA - oops, I guess I never answered the main question! There was one or two posts in the past that I wondered if was made by particular members and I even searched a few threads to see if general situations matched up. That was a while back.
Posted: 5/22/2009 10:37:18 PM

P: 5/23/2009 2:23:44 AM
Porridge Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,612 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 10/27/2008	I can't tell but I suppose I haven't been around long enough to recognise people's writing styles!
Posted: 5/23/2009 2:23:44 AM

P: 5/23/2009 4:03:40 AM
FrekeChild Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,885 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 12/14/2007	Yes. Especially when that same poster has posted about that situation before (and after) using the same initials, same details, etc. Sometimes I can't, but I usually read a lot of posts... And princesss, I hear you on the syntax and grammar. _______________________________ "Women are either goddesses or doormats." Pablo Picasso "In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain
Posted: 5/23/2009 4:03:40 AM

P: 5/23/2009 1:08:36 PM
strmrdr Ideal Rock Total Posts: 23,296 Last Post: 10/9/2009 Member Since: 11/1/2003	sure 99% of the time it is DF seeking attention! ........... Karl has joined the diamond trade and is now posting as Karl_K
Posted: 5/23/2009 1:08:36 PM

P: 5/23/2009 6:27:09 PM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,218 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	Date: 5/23/2009 1:08:36 PM Author: strmrdr sure 99% of the time it is DF seeking attention! nahhh,not me, cuz you guys can tell by reading my 6th grade grammers,so wouldn't bother with it. it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 5/23/2009 6:27:09 PM

P: 5/23/2009 11:57:57 PM
HollyS Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,098 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 7/18/2007	There has been only one poster I recognized, and unfortunately, after revealing her problem (a serious domestic difficutly), I don't think I've seen her post regularly since. Perhaps she felt the need to leave her 'situation' and was embarrassed because of it. What a shame; I know PSers would have liked to help bolster her courage. Most people are very generic in their details, on purpose; and that usually offers no clues to their identity. And that's as it should be. I don't attempt to 'find' them. _____________________________ "I cannot live without books." - Thomas Jefferson
Posted: 5/23/2009 11:57:57 PM

P: 5/23/2009 11:59:46 PM
Linda W Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,442 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 2/15/2006	Date: 5/23/2009 6:27:09 PM Author: Dancing Fire Date: 5/23/2009 1:08:36 PM Author: strmrdr sure 99% of the time it is DF seeking attention! nahhh,not me, cuz you guys can tell by reading my 6th grade grammers,so wouldn't bother with it. Yep, we would know it was you right away DF ******************************** "Life is what happens to you, while you are busy making other plans". John Lennon
Posted: 5/23/2009 11:59:46 PM

P: 5/24/2009 12:23:08 AM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,218 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	Date: 5/23/2009 11:59:46 PM Author: Linda W Date: 5/23/2009 6:27:09 PM Author: Dancing Fire Date: 5/23/2009 1:08:36 PM Author: strmrdr sure 99% of the time it is DF seeking attention! nahhh,not me, cuz you guys can tell by reading my 6th grade grammers,so wouldn't bother with it. Yep, we would know it was you right away DF and then i would had to pretend being a nice guy. it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 5/24/2009 12:23:08 AM

P: 5/24/2009 12:43:34 AM
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,905 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004	Date: 5/24/2009 12:23:08 AM Author: Dancing Fire Date: 5/23/2009 11:59:46 PM Author: Linda W Date: 5/23/2009 6:27:09 PM Author: Dancing Fire Date: 5/23/2009 1:08:36 PM Author: strmrdr sure 99% of the time it is DF seeking attention! nahhh,not me, cuz you guys can tell by reading my 6th grade grammers,so wouldn't bother with it. Yep, we would know it was you right away DF and then i would had to pretend being a nice guy. See that grammar would give you away in a nano second... We have teased you a lot today. I love your great sense of humor. One thing, I have always wanted to know... You love breakfast and always ask us what we are having. So what is your favorite thing to have for breakfast?? I know you don't eat fast food... Do you make it yourself, or does your lovely wife make it for you?? Sorry for the thread jack... ____________________________ Piece of cake and a candle. ng gift
Posted: 5/24/2009 12:43:34 AM

P: 5/24/2009 1:11:26 AM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,218 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	Date: 5/24/2009 12:43:34 AM Author: Kaleigh See that grammar would give you away in a nano second... We have teased you a lot today. I love your great sense of humor. One thing, I have always wanted to know... You love breakfast and always ask us what we are having. So what is your favorite thing to have for breakfast?? I know you don't eat fast food... Do you make it yourself, or does your lovely wife make it for you?? Sorry for the thread jack... i'd love Micky D's egg muffin sandwich. i'd know how to cook a nice breakfast if i wanted to,but just too lazy these days. it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 5/24/2009 1:11:26 AM

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