I apologize for the off-topic post, but felt like this might be a helpful bit of information for some members.
I've been on this site nearly 16 years, and there are some people who were here when I arrived in 2009 -- and were probably here long before me -- who have said they were leaving or disappeared, but I'm convinced many never left. They're just here under different names.
In fact, many who "leave" already have an additional account(s) they're already operating under and just make a more permanent switch to whatever other name(s) they're using.
Now, some people have a good reason for coming back under another name. I've heard many stories of both men and women being harassed via several different scenarios (romantic entanglements, stalkers, fighting with other members, etc.) I've also heard many stories of, let's say Sara has a crush on Johnny. He says he likes her and claims she's the only girl he's interested in -- so she invents another account, we'll call it Rachel, to test Johnny's loyalty under the guise of another girl.
And of course, both men and women do this. Some people like to "test" what the same people will say to them when they present themselves under another identity. After all, it's the internet, and this sort of thing has become routine behavior.
If I had a specific problem here I couldn't escape, I would just have to leave the site.
Because As Soon As I Posted My First Thread, everyone would know it was me.
I'm not gifted enough to be able to change my whole life story and posting style so that people wouldn't recognize me.
The moral of this story is: if people post a lot on this site, write a lot of PM's, or become well-known to the regulars, chances are pretty high that they're going to be recognized -- and usually called out -- no matter who they try to reinvent themselves as.
I've been on this site nearly 16 years, and there are some people who were here when I arrived in 2009 -- and were probably here long before me -- who have said they were leaving or disappeared, but I'm convinced many never left. They're just here under different names.
In fact, many who "leave" already have an additional account(s) they're already operating under and just make a more permanent switch to whatever other name(s) they're using.
Now, some people have a good reason for coming back under another name. I've heard many stories of both men and women being harassed via several different scenarios (romantic entanglements, stalkers, fighting with other members, etc.) I've also heard many stories of, let's say Sara has a crush on Johnny. He says he likes her and claims she's the only girl he's interested in -- so she invents another account, we'll call it Rachel, to test Johnny's loyalty under the guise of another girl.
And of course, both men and women do this. Some people like to "test" what the same people will say to them when they present themselves under another identity. After all, it's the internet, and this sort of thing has become routine behavior.
If I had a specific problem here I couldn't escape, I would just have to leave the site.
Because As Soon As I Posted My First Thread, everyone would know it was me.
I'm not gifted enough to be able to change my whole life story and posting style so that people wouldn't recognize me.
The moral of this story is: if people post a lot on this site, write a lot of PM's, or become well-known to the regulars, chances are pretty high that they're going to be recognized -- and usually called out -- no matter who they try to reinvent themselves as.
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