I know the Hatrack site says there are 5,134 "registered users" of this forum, but I have easily noticed that several of you post under more than one username (why? I don't understand).
Anyway, doesn't bother me that you choose to make multiple accounts, but I'm wondering -- how many of you really have more than one account? Who has the MOST accounts? And what do you think is the TRUE number of currently registered Hatrack forum users? (if we took away all the dupes)
Farmgirl
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I am the only member in this community. Everyone else is imaginary.
Even you.
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
I know I have a couple, but I don't remember what they are. Do they automatically get rid of them if you don't use them for a certain period of time?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Farmgirl, welcome. Nice to meet you.
There's not a really good reason why people may use pseudonyms, except for the fact that it's funny. Often it's only funny if you understand the context of when the pseudonym was initiated, and the repetition of it may be funny as private cross-referencing back to the former humor, or just because it's out of place, or irony, or what have you.
Basically, Hatrack is a complicated self-referential system of feedback loops and nodes (users) with loopy senses of humor.
For example: suppose I were to suggest that Pat looked like Hugh Jackman in a recent photo posted on foobonic (another site which happens to be run by a Hatracker -- aka a "Jatrequero," which is a made-up translation in Spanish, which many of the users here speak -- and is full of pictures). Pat might sign in as "Hugh Jackman" to offer thanks for the compliment (being referred to as looking like Pat), very tongue-in-cheek. Or someone might sign in as "Hugh Jackman's Mother" in order to protest. Or "George Clooney" might sign in to ask for his own lovin'.
Then, the next time we talk about the XMen movie, you'll suddenly see George Clooney's ex-girlfriend commenting on his vanity. It would make no sense unless you'd been there for the whole thing, and even then, it's kind of a tossup.
(watch -- here comes George's ex-girlfriend, somone will do it. Then you'll be part of another self-referential loop, Farmgirl.)
[ September 16, 2003, 10:27 AM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Oh, and then there's the whole "post under another name because you're avoiding the landmark post" sort of thing. It's another tradition.
I only post as me, with the exception of one post (years ago) as an incarnation of the Dead Horse to tweak Tom (sorry, Tom ), and once recently as CutpurseTinselpants for the talk like a pirate thread.
Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
Other times it might be because of a post count or member number thing. When suddenly member numbers became visible, and people went and looked up all the low ones, I jumped from "aka" to "ak" to get back an old lower member number, just for the fun of it.
Because of the landmark post tradition, people may sometimes swap names so they can keep on posting prior to writing their landmark post, sort of like unhooking the odometer in a car so it won't pass 100k before you sell it. <laughs>
And sometimes it's just for the heck of it. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
ana kata cannot have too many incarnations. Unless, she's avoiding a landmark post. *poke, poke
*grin
(I'd forgotten about the member numbers!)
[ September 16, 2003, 10:32 AM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
CT, log onto AIM. I have a fairly important question.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
mac, I can't do AIM, I'm at work and it's blocked. email?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Sent. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Replied. Twice.
*headrub
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Thanks for the info.
So -- because I was a real dork when I originally signed in and didn't know the "character" of the board -- if I want to create myself as a new username (because I don't like this one) -- if I do that and use it long enough, will the member "farmgirl" eventually go away for inactivity?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
The account will never expire, no. The posts you've made as Farmgirl will probably eventually disappear from the board though (threads that haven't been posted to in 6 months or more are deleted, at least on this side of the river).
Out of curiosity, what did you perceive the board's character to be when you first signed up?
Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :
W00t! PSI found an old login name!!!!
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
I was surprised when I had 5 or 6! But they were always "Clone of Bok", "Bok's Ghost"... I have a "Lou Sifer" from some thread with evil imitators. And other silly, never used ones.
*shifty eyes*
-Bok
Posted by Sheep (Member # 4433) on :
I am not a pseudonym. I am, in fact, Kama's Sheep.
Posted by Sid the SIoth (Member # 5654) on :
I think having more than one hatrack handle makes you a dishonest person.
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
I agree with Sid
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
Truth be told, I would venture that everyone who's been here a while has at least one handle that they dont let anybody know about. So that hey can post wihtout the normal stigma of what people expect from them interfering with what thye actually post. For instance, if that Lautsprecher für die Toten guy starts a thread on a topic and i want to post on it without his opinion of me as a "smug self satisfied idiot" coming into play, I have a nick that no one knows is me that I'd use.
Also, there was a brief period a while back when new usernames could not be registered, because of a bad bad man who posted bad bad things, and a few users who were already registered with multiple names gave second and third names away to people who wanted to join our community. So in that case, some people having a couple names was a beneficial thing, which helped keep hatrack thriving.
I also have a fuzzy friendly alter ego that everyone does know about.
[ September 16, 2003, 12:08 PM: Message edited by: odouls268 ]
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
And if people reply to me that 'no, youre wrong, because I dont have one'
All i can say is: 1. Yes you do. 2. If not, then youre new. 3. If youre not new, then yes you do
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
And there are some persona that nobody really wants to claim.
Once there was a group of Sithies and Jedi playing around. I popped up with my pink leather cape and my matching pink light saber and they all beat on me.
It was fun.
Darth Mauve I put the Sissth in Sissthy.
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
"sith in sissy"
yeah that's gonna be funny to me for a while.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:And if people reply to me that 'no, youre wrong, because I dont have one'
odouls, I really don't, unless you count that single Ghost_of_Dead_Horse post way long ago. I felt awful about it -- so bad that I could never do it again, and so bad that I ended up confessing and apologizing in email to OSC. (He got involved in the discussion by defending that remark I made, sort of.) It was humiliating.
Y'all know exactly when I'm being a jerk.
But I never officially apologized to Tom, because it was too shameful. Now that I know him better, I can work out my penance by pulling weeds or something. I hope.
[Edit: <correction> I do have one other name registered. It's "CIaudiaTherese" (capital "i" instead of "l"). Yeah, I oughtta start using that one. ]
[ September 16, 2003, 12:33 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Well, I had an account I started up years ago. His member number is in the low 1000s, and besides one post to see what his member number was when the new board came up he hasn't posted in many years. I think everyone is aware of any new logins I create since I sign them all the same. If I can remember, I've posted under "Hobbes", "Hobbes ", and "Willy Shmily Tiger" (and then this other guy who I've already told you about). Also, I have registered many of the smilies, though at this point I can't remember which ones. I post those with my signature as well.
I don't remember why I created "Hobbes " but I created "Willy Shmily Tiger" to avoid my landmark, but I've been using him a little since, because I love the name.
Hobbes
[ September 16, 2003, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
Well, I've got an alter ego because I can't quite seem to get rid of him, despite the fact that everyone really likes me better. It's curious, really...
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
CT, i dont rememeber the ghost of dead horse post.
was it rude or controversial or something?
edit to make a "u" into an "i" thereby changing the entire meaning of the post to what was intended, rather than the jumble meaningless words it was a second ago.
[ September 16, 2003, 12:40 PM: Message edited by: odouls268 ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
It was snarky in an underhanded way. I don't remember the exact wording, but it was something posted to one of those ever-revolving threads (I think about religion) where the topic gets beaten into the ground, many many times, over many years, and Tom was participating again. It wasn't that he was uninteresting or saying something unfounded -- just that he'd been commenting a fair amount on other threads (homosexuality and Boy Scouts? there was more than one) that this particular topic had been done to death, and we should move on.
I found this hypocritical, I was in a foul mood for other reasons, and I was craven, so I posted some comment about how Tom was sure one to talk. Then some people jumped on me for whacking on Tom, OSC stepped in to say that no, he didn't think it was mean-spirited but rather funny, and then the contrary posts got deleted by owners.
I apologized profusely (but not as CT), then fessed up to OSC by mail, and Tom was, of course, his usual gracious impenetrable self about it all.
Whew. I've been carrying that around for years. Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
That brings up another reason for registering different names. Some people (one person, I think) for rudeness reasons have taken the names that are clones of real posters' names, pretended to be that person, and stirred up much strife thereby. Other people might do it or might have done it for a joke, and not in any malicious way but just to tease someone. So it's a good idea if your name contains either a capital I (as in ice) or a lowercase l (as in love), to go ahead and register the other one (or all permutations thereof) to prevent this happening.
Identity confusion is a source of fun and games, but also if used badly or if unintended can be unpleasant. I might register a name just because it's me, to prevent anyone else getting it. Draetakenna, for example.
Also I have Elbereth Gilthoniel in case we ever need a vala around the place.
I think that's all I have. Five. Oh wait, I registered akak long ago for a joke post, but I gave it away to someone during the days of dearth, and they no longer post. Or maybe they chose a name they liked better once registration was reopened. akak, if you still hang around I wouldn't mind getting my name back if you no longer need it.
[ September 16, 2003, 01:10 PM: Message edited by: ana kata ]
Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :
Ah, underhanded snarkiness. Good stuff.
Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :
So who has the most registered names? Good question. Pat is probably still in the lead.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Alternate nicks I have known:
I started out posting under my actual name, but didn't quite feel comfortable about it, so I switched to Noemon.
I created the original God account, and posted something funny. I made it a public account, with a password of YHVH, but it never caught on. I don't think anyone else ever posted with it. When the moderators eventually deleted all of the God themed usernames, this one was deleted.
I also created one called Sharpie of the Pen People, for a one time joke. It was up for the taking during the dark days when new users weren't able to register, but shortly after I remembered that it existed and offered it up, registration was reopened.
And that's it.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I don't believe in multiple accounts... It mostly just annoys me when I'm still trying to keep names straight.
Posted by * (Member # 4842) on :
::sigh:: I love being a punctuation mark and all, but I miss my real name Posted by Sharpie of the Pen People (Member # 1132) on :
Hmmm...what's my user number?
Nice low number! Anybody want a barely used account in the low thousands?
[ September 16, 2003, 01:17 PM: Message edited by: Sharpie of the Pen People ]
Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :
So why not go back to your real name?
Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :
ak,
I went me on a mission to register every possible clone of PSI Teleport. Five or so into it I gave up. Does it matter if you have registered all the clones? Can't someone just make the name whatever they want to and then make the publicly displayed name be a clone instead? There's a million ways to do it.
Posted by Sharpie of the Pen People (Member # 1132) on :
*, I *never* think of a punctuation mark when I see you post under "*".
Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :
You can't actually change the publicly displayed name.
Posted by Cecily (Member # 5675) on :
PSI, I didn't know that was you!
I made a new name for Post like a Pirate day... (who didn't make a new name?) and I'm also sympathetic to those trying to avoid a landmark. Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
<laughs> We know what you and Kurt Vonnegut think about, Noemon!
PSI Teleport should only have 4 variants, right? Is there another ambiguity besides the capital i/lowercase l ambiguity?
And yeah so far at least the publicly displayed name isn't really working like that.
Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :
Narnia, . . . .
ak, The first three I registered had no space, but mine does, so I had to start over.
[ September 16, 2003, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: MaureenJanay ]
Posted by * (Member # 4842) on :
Just waiting for either my second anniversary or a landmark post to happen, whichever comes first. Which will probably be the anniversary.
Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :
Has anyone ever thought about the fact that if a person's name on hatrack had an "l" in it (that's "l" as in lion), you could just make it an "I" and then post under what would look like their name? The I and l appear the same when you're getting your sn. But then there would be the whole problem of the differing e-mail addresses and the member numbers.
Posted by Ron Post (Member # 5658) on :
-shift in-
This thread is just a ruse to get people to post in alternate nicks.
I'm not buying it.
-shift out-
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :
ooops, while I was typing my post, someone else posted something that's the same...gotta learn to type faster!!!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Nope wieczorek, nobody's ever thought of that--and if they have, they *certainly* haven't discussed it in this very thread. Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Is school out already?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah, but you beat me to the punch with your retraction, so there's no need to !
[ September 16, 2003, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
ok, im just gonna call you 'wick' from now on.
in an effort to type fast of course.
but yeah wick, that happens sometimes. the one thats sticks out most in my mind was the thor impersonator.
The Silverblue Sun vs The SiIverblue Sun
Problem was, we could easily tell which was which.
So wick, dont try that trick at home.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"I would venture that everyone who's been here a while has at least one handle that they dont let anybody know about."
I don't. Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Whatever happened to that "Twoson Paula" chick?
And how are her two sons doing? Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Uh huh.
When are you going to tell them about me, Tom? I think the time has come for Hatrack to know who I really am. You think you have me under control. That I just pop out when you feel the need to break character -- when you want to make Mormon jokes, or fashion comments, or post in the word of the day thread or play word games with deerpark. But I feel myself growing stronger everyday. It won't be long now.
No. Don't try to push me to the back of your mind. Don't think you ca
Posted by Cecily (Member # 5675) on :
Elaine!! How nice to see you!!
Tom...if anyone else had said this, I wouldn't have believed them. But I believe you. I've been here for 3 years and I can always count on the trusty TomDavidson handle.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
I see now....
[ September 16, 2003, 01:56 PM: Message edited by: eslaine ]
Posted by Yebor1 (Member # 1380) on :
Hey i think i can identify with them
Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
Shucks, I must have missed the posts made by Sharpie of the Pen People -- but I approve of the name! Especially since I named myself Sharpie deliberately after the pen -- every author should have a pen name, right? (It's sad that I find this far funnier than anyone else does.)
Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :
Erik, I'm really playing hookie, but we can tell everyone that it's early dismissal
Odouls, I may be curious about that topic but I'm not that dim-witted Posted by Yebor1 (Member # 1380) on :
there are those of us on here who were here way back in 99 but spent too much time gone forgot which version of our user name we were using switched servers and have no way of remembering our previous pass word or name variation.
I think at one time I was just yebor or IYebor
but there are four other incarnations of me just not registered
I think
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Hey, Sharpie, good to see you again! Are you somebody else's alternate nick, or did you just happen to lurk on this thread?
Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
Thanks for the welcome No, I'm not anyone's alterego (as far as I KNOW). I just don't post much. I guess that's an understatement. But now I've posted twice in one day -- I suppose that's the first step out of lurkdom.
Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :
quote: I can always count on the trusty TomDavidson handle.
Oh. Well then. Too much info!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Posted by Graff^ (Member # 5676) on :
Using more than one username is an OSC tradition.
Posted by Cecily (Member # 5675) on :
AUGH!!! PSI PLEASE don't turn this into a thread like THAT!!! Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :
I was going to say that I was relieved that this thread isn't about onanism.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Good thing you didn't. That's not your job.
Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :
Well it's not my fault! Where were you when we needed you??? I'm just pickin' up the slack, dude.
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
wiecz--fine then, glad to see kids today have things in perspective.
Carry on.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
I just want to say that I am incredibly glad that my SN is unique enough that no random newbie could accidently create a simular one.
Example:
Amka and Akma Deirdre and Deirdra Cecily and celia60
You don't exactly see a T_Sith running around.
And to those of you who just might do it... don't, or face a thousand posts of anti-fluff revenge.
Oh, and in case you were curious, I have 14 SN's. Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :
Ummm, Nate? What about TSmith?
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Well, thankfully I have that one. I think...
Maybe...
Well, no one's been posting at TSmith so I'm safe for now. So... no one register TSmith. Or... face the... um... crap, I've got nothing.
Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
Face the wrath of the booblets and fairy wings. That's not nothing! That would scare anyone!
Posted by TSmith (Member # 5678) on :
sorry I couldn't help myself.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I thought I was safe until Ryoko registered... Blarg.
Posted by Yebor1 (Member # 1380) on :
I should be pretty safe.
untill i skip for 6 or seven mothths and then have to come up with a new name
something like STUDYEBOR or DUDYEBOR or SUPERROBE now the last one hase too much flannel context for me Posted by Snuffles (Member # 4332) on :
I have six, now, I think.
Snuffles is here for being snide, and snapping at newbies, or when i'm in a terrible mood. I also have Snuffles registered with a capital i, to prevent spamming.
Kwsni i registered with origionally, and then knightswhosayni I used when i lost the password.
the other two are just to play around with.
edit: math
grrrrr!
[ September 16, 2003, 05:53 PM: Message edited by: Snuffles ]
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
I have just one.
Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :
I have five or six versions of PSI Teleport, MaureenJanay, MissusFanta, Pirates with Scurvy Interests, TwosonPaula, and I think that's it?
Also there's Jesdog, but that's the hubby's.
Posted by Cecily (Member # 5675) on :
Too bad I'm not a newbie and too bad Cecily is my NAME. (though I highly rever celia and if I was a newbie, I'd want to be just like HER when I grew up!!) Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
quote: though I highly rever celia and if I was a newbie, I'd want to be just like HER when I grew up!!
Thats just the saddest thing I've ever read on Hatrack.
[ September 17, 2003, 01:38 AM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
I miss my old name "vwiggin" but I forgot the password and I don't want to bother the mods about such a trivial thing. :sigh: Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Simple enough.
Posted by Cecily (Member # 5675) on :
T, I hope celia gives you some more good and smacks you around good. Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Ahhh... but I also no longer have my favorite email address, valentinewiggin@hotmail.com
I guess I can email the usurper who took that addy from me. Thanks for the tip T. Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
The moderators gave me back the password to a couple of accounts to which I no longer held the email addresses. One was an old one on a defunct ISP, one I just entered the wrong email address in by accident (I think you only typed it once back then). The mods do have some idea who is whom on the board and they know us well enough to decide if we are ourselves or not when asking for old passwords back. Give them a try. They were very helpful to me! I was quite surprised at how much time and trouble they took to help.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
Nathan,
Cecily, let me explain something to you. my affection cannot be bought so easily. Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
That graemlin is just smiling too much make it look like it's spanking.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:Thats just the saddest thing I've ever read on Hatrack.
You obviously missed all the saxon75 tribute threads from yesterday.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Hmmm. A couple of years ago, someone registered my udername using a capital "i" instead of a small "L" just to show how easy it was to fake someone's name. The person than sent me the password, and I never used the alternate name, but I am sure it still works.
**Ela**
Posted by EIa (Member # 2807) on :
See? Posted by Elanora (Member # 2044) on :
And, then, there are names people use as a joke...
Posted by HellooooNurse! (Member # 2297) on :
....Like this one. Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
BTW, Welcome to the forum, Farmgirl.
**Ela**
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I don't have any secret ones, though I have some that are so obscure you might not know it's me. But I wouldn't, for instance, attempt to truly hide behind one of them, because there are enough people around who know that it's me. I also have plenty I don't remember. At the moment, I can recall seven different names I have used. Not a lot by some people's standards around here. Most have only been for one particular silly joke, though I do have a couple I pull out fairly frequently. The fact that you log in and out now makes posting under multiple names a lot less appealing to me, because it takes twice as long to post. When you reentered your name and password each time, it was much easier to fool around this way.
I don't know how Sarcasm, Cynicism, and Trogdor keep it up!
EDIT because I really should know better!
[ September 17, 2003, 03:35 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
Posted by Sarcasm (Member # 4653) on :
It's not an easy job, but somebody's gotta do it.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
You know, this thread is someday going to get bumped, and I'm not going to have a post in it. And then someone like Icarus is going to think I haven't been here for very long, and I just can't take that kind of undermining to my authority.
So, Ralphie posted here. She has a couple of nicks, all of them equally as sassy as the one before.
Except Rita. Rita couldn't get sassier on the sassyingest day of her life if she had an electrified sassing machine.
Posted by Sarcasm (Member # 4653) on :
And even if Rita could get sassier, the mere mortals of Hatrack wouldn't be able to handle it.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
I have to say, I really miss "thisissarcasm"
I suspect she may have forgotten her password.
**Ela**
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I have one name. And proud.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Thanks ak, I think I will give that a try. Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Sadly, I do have 2 names. Although, the other one only has one post to its name.
I've gotten to really like this hand-me-down name. I can't imagine posting as anyone else.
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
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