I fully agree with you, Yabby. I am NOT impressed!

This behaviour is just not acceptable, OzGirl.
You wrote an offensive post in MY name- this is revolting behaviour.
Is that even legal?

I don't want this post removed, please, as this is the Carpark in where personal problems can be talked about.
I have made sure that I have not blamed the wrong person. It was OzGirl. PF is right!

Thank goodness that GrahamY deleted it promptly.

* ALL of the posts that were made in false nicknames should be deleted- no questions asked.
We do not need to know what someone who has been banned still has to say. They were banned for what they said in the first place.

* If all OLO participants are to pay a fee (perhaps just once-off) and a poster is suspended, s/he will have to re-pay that fee to re-join. Their mistake-their loss.

* Something has to be done ASAP to stop false nickname posts.

* I need a full apology from Ozgirl for having abused my name. She can write this apology to GY who can pass it on to me if he doesn't mind since I hope OG is still banned.

* This is a discussion forum, not a disgustion forum.
Most posters on OLO have respect for a forum that offers us the opportunity to enjoy online debate, discussion, and a bit of fun.
Debates can be very heated but we should not lose respect for OLO as a forum.
Why abuse something if it's given freely or at low cost?

* People should not forget that people who are posting are REAL people. They have feelings. We do not post in each others names to utter crap.

* I do not agree with having to post in one's real name- you will never know who might come after you.
Enough crazy and violent people in this world; some of them might be lurking here for a thrill.

To Be Continued

* Real name should be given to GY when registering with identification provided. Once GY has seen it, it could be deleted off his computer or destroyed for security reasons. Driver's license, official bills or bank statements with confirmation of address etc. should be shown to GY.

I am seriously thinking of taking a break from OLO discussions; it's creepy that this name-snatching possibility is there.
Any person with half a brain could do this to any poster they like.
This time PF and I were the lucky ones, who will be next?
'My' post seems to have been offensive and was deleted. They just could write ANYTHING they like- think about it! Sick!

If this happens again to anyone else, we should all be aware of it and look for the dot or comma or anything else that makes it possible to fool the system.
We don't want to see someone's good reputation being dragged through the mud.

O hello Ozgirl, I mean FakeGirl, I mean OK-foryou. I checked and there is no history of you- this is your only post so far.
So convenient to make up a new name again to protect one of your multiple personalities.
I only need 1 (ONE) name to post in.
In that one name, I sometimes argue, question, and if necessary apologise. I do not need 10 names to cover up for stupid things I have done in one of my other nicknames.
You do. How many nicknames have you had, OzGirl, and do you think this is a normal thing to do?
If you run out of names, I am sure I can help you make up some new ones- I have a few very good suggestions.

L@@k, I got this email alert that stated "Celivia." (I hadn't noticed the dot) had posted just after 6pm. I thought: That's strange- normally I don't get an email alert to say that I have posted myself.
Also, I was in my car on my way home at that time, so I couldn't have posted.

I went to the thread and no post(by me, at 6pm)was there.

I emailed GY to ask what happened- whether it was a technical error or did something get deleted.
He let me know that you, OzGirl, had posted and used a .(dot) after my name so that the system wouldn't recognise my name.
I asked him if it was offensive and he said that it was and that he deleted it.
continued

He left PF.'s post which was not offensive.
Why would he only delete the one you wrote in my name and not in PF name if both were not offensive?

I double checked with W and she said she knows you did use my name. She did not say that it was offensive.

What has been said by you in that post isn't really the point; for me the point is, that you decided to use my name to post whatever you wanted.
Normal people do not do that.

It's OBVIOUS, to me at least, that you are the one who posted in my and PF's name.
Do you think that PF and I are dumb and dumber?

At least, if you have done something wrong, be woman enough to admit it and apologise for it and you might be forgiven.
I would have no problem with that.

I would have no hard feelings if you acted normal, for once.

Come clean, act normal, and people might even start to like you.

Celivia, "I am seriously thinking of taking a break from OLO discussions" - please don't. You have added some great insights to many threads.

I've been saddened by some of what has been going on here. I'm hoping that the point is made and everybody will move on from here.

There are some things we can't protect ourselves against and others which present difficulties for the site - one of the recent posts left me wondering about people using a name which idenfifies them as being part of an organisation (the name of the organisation or something so close that the message gets through). The ID issue comes in there as well.

On the real name I had annoying calls earlier in the year from a debt collecting agency trying to collect money from somebody with the same first and last names as me (but a different middle name I found out later). The guy's last known address was about an hour drive from my place.

How far would those who want real names used need to go to provide positive ID? Would we have to put up a current address, birth date etc to ensure that comments were not attributed to the wrong person?

R0bert

Ask yourselves this question. Remembering back to the first time you posted here - would you have even bothered if they had required all that id, posts in your real name or even a fee? Was it that important to you then that you post here? I know my answer would have been no.

I have already been the victim of threatening emails (from posters we all know) harrassing phone calls and other things I would prefer not to mention. That resulted from someone else posting my details here without my consent so I have no doubt truth in identities will bring real problems.