Anonymous Posting

[Thirdshifter]

Anonymous posting is always helpful. I for once had to register just to say this.

It would be a great new feature to allow anonymous posters.

[chenchow]

while anonymous posting is good is allowing for one to express anyone one wants to say, but we feel that by letting people know who posts what would be much better..plus, the poster would not be able to simply post anything, without going through the brain...we are encouraging critical thinking etc, so we would like those who post, to take responsibility of it and also to find arguments to convince others on his or her own argument.

[taufiq]

Sometimes its good,
but most of the time,
people use it for the wrong purpose.

[masterof_none]

our goal at ReCom here is to provide a forum for constructive discussions.
Our goal is to make friends, not making enemies.
I can;t see why we should hide our identity while expressing our views.
If we hide our name simply to 'hit and run', that's even worse.
So, with that reasoning , I think it's better for us to stick with the current policy.
But we may change it in the future, it depends.

[Thirdshifter]

I could agree with your arguement about abusing this feature.. but then again the post can always be deleted if it seems un-appropriate.

Most new users would more likely to join the Discussion here if it was allowed. It's a great tool. I think the pro beat the con by a long shot.

[masterof_none]

I would like to say thanks for your idea. Indeed, we strongly encourage people to post.

We'll think about it and will come up with the solution, this weekend.


Most new users would more likely to join the Discussion here if it was allowed. It's a great tool. I think the pro beat the con by a long shot.

Yes, and we welcome their participation by joining the network. It's also a great network . (over 330 members now)

[littlebigone]

just want to say that I agree with thirdshifter. You could give it a try. Also, what do you think of sending maybe weekly emails to members telling them of things that are going on? I feel like the only problem with this is that it might make people feel like you're spamming them.

But then, this suggestion i think will help people who are not so computer inclined to be involved. It is a little reminder as well as it provides a link in the email to come to recom. That way, they;'re constantly in contact with recom. As of now, I think it's a case of out of sight out of mind.

Maybe the best way would be to send an email to everyone letting them know of this new feature and if they don't want to recieve emails they have to click on some box or some option?

Just another opinion

[chenchow]

Agree with littlebigone about the email reminder...it should not be frequent, but it should be there, to remind of new feature etc. May be send one to each member (unless they opt not to receive) once every fortnight or so. Give a statistic of number of articles posted, number of new members etc..

[Diesel]

Yeah, anonymity is crucial here. especially when it comes to talk about politics. you know why rite?
so please, make anonymous posting possible.

[qedx]

no actually i don't.

[Diesel]

well, they can **** with me if i'm too critical against them.

[chenchow]

I think the main thing is to discuss an issue with objectivity. In universities, we are taught to express our opinions, but we need to support it with arguments and examples. If anything that you say is true, then you don't need to stay anonymous. You should be brave enough to take the risk of the outcome.

If you have any constuctive criticism, it is definitely welcome, but make sure you support it with consideration and not act based on mere emotions.

[Diesel]

i just dont believe they care. i dont have the trust yet. and the risk that one deserves for his opinion is criticism, not the loss of his right.

[qedx]

who are they?

[littlebigone]

diesel, i think having a name behind the words puts more credibility and respect to the things you have to say. If you feel strongly aboput something, then you have to stand for it. Right now, if you're arguing behind a shield I think it would just project a sense of immaturity and lack of substance in what you say. it would be as if you could make a claim and just walk off without having to defend it.

[chenchow]

Well said Kevin.

Diesel, if you would like to gain the trust of people, then you should identify yourself with what you say. Someone who only know how to criticize behind the shield is a timid person. We could definitely project a sense of maturity and knowledgable by presenting an idea or even criticism for that matter with sound arguments. The main thing is to convince others about your idea and others would buy your idea.

[Diesel]

well, by being anonymous, i dont mean that i should always be identified as "guest" for all my messages. let it be Diesel, and always Diesel. who diesel is, remained unknown.

[masterof_none]

I think the Conclusion here is that, we don't need anonymous posters.

People can still register and put nickname there.

But if we know you, we'll be friends.

[littlebigone]

i like diesel...he's like fox mulder...very paranoid...but got a lot of ideas...hehehee

[Thirdshifter]

I personally think the inability ot post without registering is an Annoyance.

The first thing i wrote on this board is about this issue. If the purpose of getting everyone registered to larger the number of registered users then be it. I think that would be a very unpopular choice.

The first thing that attracts more people to an online board is anonymous posting.

If the anonymous poster posted something riduculous.. its the Moderators job to Delete it or edit it.

How about we see how many agree with this?

If you like this idea type *sign*

If you don't *object* and give the reason why.

I'll start

*SIGN*

[chenchow]

Thirdshifter, while it is true that anonymous posting would attract more people, and it is our mission to attract more people, we would like to stress on quality of posting. There are many forums out there that serve for posting and discussion on political issues and we are not here to complement that...

We would like to serve as an information gateway, as well as a network for Malaysian students. This is a place for us to share resources, opinions for the good sake of Malaysia and also help bring Malaysia towards Vision 2020....

I don't agree with anonymous posting...lets hear from others..

[Diesel]

like i said, we should be logged on to post messages. but the true identity should not be disclosed.

[royston]

anonymity enable or disable... interesting huh... 8)

I would say... everyone of you have your own valid/logical arguement. Among these anonymous users, some of them will hit and run by dumping some nonsense in our discussion, some of them might potentially ready to give positive inputs but somehow they feel troublesome to get through the registration procedures.

Let's look at the "hit & run" type, I would suggest that we limit the numbers of reply they can post, say about 3 times... If they are trying to give problem, cari pasai, they will not have the patient to go through the registration procedure, leave all their information for us, because they afraid they might get into trouble.

For those "positive but lazy" type :lol: , once they have given a couple of replies to convince on certain topic, they have already warmed up, they will register and continue give their opinions in order to prove their arguement is valid. This type of members is what we are looking for, convince with statement, focus on problems not on person.

what do you guys think?

~ roy ~

[iQing]

how can we see the actual picture of a member? I guess we should do something to enable a memebr to show more of his identity...
giving a member some space to develop his unique identity...
maybe we need some new feature
something like what we seen in Friendster.com

"think, try and triumph"

Regards,
iQing