Personally, I prefer to use the same name everywhere I post. Thus, I don't use my real name. Additionally, due to the nature of my job, its already very easy to figure out who I am, if someone really wants to. Occasionally I'll post things about where I work and what I do, and I don't really need to have my name attached to all of it, so as not to be watched from "corporate above".
KSCessnaDriver
ATP MEL, Commercial Lighter Than Air-Airship, SEL, CFI/CFII
Private SES
Same here.Additionally, due to the nature of my job, its already very easy to figure out who I am, if someone really wants to. Occasionally I'll post things about where I work and what I do, and I don't really need to have my name attached to all of it, so as not to be watched from "corporate above"
Unfortunately in science what you believe is irrelevant.
"I'm an old-fashioned Southern Gentleman. Which means I can be a cast-iron son-of-a-***** when I want to be."- Robert A. Heinlein.
[QUOTE=RV8505;22138]If the other site had gone live first then it would have all the traffic. That's really the only difference. Many forums out there where disagreements and discussion are encouraged without draconian moderation tactics, double standards, or the owner throwing temper tantrums, that have many more members than VAF. Oh and I was never banned from VAF, just tired of the Orwellian nature there.
Ryan Winslow
EAA 525529
Stinson 108-1 "Big Red", RV-7 under construction
That's one reason why I quit posting over there. I simply got tired of the "toe the party line or get out" attitude. This place is far from perfect but at least I've never been threatened with physical violence for simply expressing a differing opinion from the majority.Oh and I was never banned from VAF, just tired of the Orwellian nature there.
Unfortunately in science what you believe is irrelevant.
"I'm an old-fashioned Southern Gentleman. Which means I can be a cast-iron son-of-a-***** when I want to be."- Robert A. Heinlein.
Come over and we'll play Dungeons & Dragons; my mom will make grilled cheese sandwiches.