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Metallica_Band · 09-10-2003, 02:54 PM

I don't think you mods are seeing it way some of us are seeing it...ok...let's say someone got a disease...an embarrassing disease...how about colon cancer or one of those gross female things or you need help cause you have attempted suicide and you need help or you're having problems with your family and you don't want any of you're family members finding out about it while you seek out advice from the TFP ppl or ya got a problem with lots of pimples and you want to know how to get rid of them...

those are the kinds of things that you would not really want other ppl knowing was wrong with you BUT you want to ask it because you feel too embarrased to ask a doctor or your parents or whoever...this would be a way to ask without actually telling the world "Hey look what disease I got. How do I fix it?"...it's something I would want to keep private...it doesn't HAVE to be a disease tho...that was just an example...

You mods are saying that it would make ppl get away with posting things against the rules and getting away with it...well if that happens...if someone abuses the anon ability then all a mod would have to do is uncover the anon thing and find out who posted it or just delete the thread or whatever...sure there is a chance that someone would do that...BUT you wouldn't want them as a member if they go and do that kind of bad stuff now would you???

I think it would give other ppl, that don't want the public to know about a certain problem with him/her (or someone who knows the person personally), a chance to get their question answered without having the whole world know about it...it's kinda like how you got the Journals set up...only the members of TFP can view them because the ppl don't want the whole world to know about them but just the members of the forum

I just think it would be useful in the 3 topics I stated in the other posts above...it wouldn't be in all topics...just those 3...I don't get why some of you think that it would affect "accountability"...I think it would be very helpful to whose who use it properly...wouldn't you want a person to get help here than not get help at all???

09-10-2003, 02:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
Metallica_Band Loser	I don't think you mods are seeing it way some of us are seeing it...ok...let's say someone got a disease...an embarrassing disease...how about colon cancer or one of those gross female things or you need help cause you have attempted suicide and you need help or you're having problems with your family and you don't want any of you're family members finding out about it while you seek out advice from the TFP ppl or ya got a problem with lots of pimples and you want to know how to get rid of them... those are the kinds of things that you would not really want other ppl knowing was wrong with you BUT you want to ask it because you feel too embarrased to ask a doctor or your parents or whoever...this would be a way to ask without actually telling the world "Hey look what disease I got. How do I fix it?"...it's something I would want to keep private...it doesn't HAVE to be a disease tho...that was just an example... You mods are saying that it would make ppl get away with posting things against the rules and getting away with it...well if that happens...if someone abuses the anon ability then all a mod would have to do is uncover the anon thing and find out who posted it or just delete the thread or whatever...sure there is a chance that someone would do that...BUT you wouldn't want them as a member if they go and do that kind of bad stuff now would you??? I think it would give other ppl, that don't want the public to know about a certain problem with him/her (or someone who knows the person personally), a chance to get their question answered without having the whole world know about it...it's kinda like how you got the Journals set up...only the members of TFP can view them because the ppl don't want the whole world to know about them but just the members of the forum I just think it would be useful in the 3 topics I stated in the other posts above...it wouldn't be in all topics...just those 3...I don't get why some of you think that it would affect "accountability"...I think it would be very helpful to whose who use it properly...wouldn't you want a person to get help here than not get help at all??? Last edited by Metallica_Band; 09-10-2003 at 02:57 PM..