Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Seeing that I'm the dumbest rock here, I shall remain forever perplexed by the idea that it's difficult to post on an anonymous forum. I just don't get it. I may be garrulous and glib and other G words (but not a genius) but I see it as an easy rite of passage to hit the post button. Deep breath. It isn't hard.
I wasn't under the impression that TFP was about helping people who can't nut-up enough to put some text on the screen get to that point.
But what do I know? I'm so gauche it hurts.
|
Well, maybe you're right. But, isn't that kind of the point of this thread?
I think it's possibly wrong to assume that because someone is reticent about putting themselves out there (anonymously or not) that they are pathetic losers. Just as experience has proven that not all people who come in like gangbusters are what they seem to be.
I'll admit that it was very hard for me to start posting on forums about 10 years ago. And it wasn't easy for me to start posting when I came here. But, I did have strong convictions, some writing skills and a healthy enough ego to get past it. If one of those three elements were missing and I didn't post, it wouldn't mean that didn't have the same opinions, the same things to say. Therefore, I see nothing particularly distasteful about possibly helping some people get over that hump.
And on that note, I'll leave ya'll to the rest of this discussion. I'm not mad or anything (I promise
), but I never intended to get involved in the first place.