Use of Guest Names

[grossltu]

On the coaching forum this afternoon someone posted a comment *******s using 'my' guest name - gross2004.

That pisses me of entirly as most folks know who I am and if I want to say *******s on my own behalf I'm more than capable of doing so!

It doesn't do anyone any good for people to pretend they are posting as someone else.

So B******s to *******s

[CHS]

i hate to point it out, but you could register and then you would have to log in with a password and people couldn't just post as you...

[Jene]

or you could just use your member name more......cant pyrat make gross2004 into a username somehow??

[bendover]

completely agree, i have absolutely no sympathy whatsoever.

[Nailest]

Is it possible to set up the forum so that only logged-in members can post?

[Simon]

Is it possible to set up the forum so that only logged-in members can post?

Yes.
Some of the current forums are only viewable to logged in members (and some to subsets of the members).

[gross2004]

But you miss the point.............. why the hell should I have to worry about someone stealing my identity?? As if they really would anyway:)

[bedover]

I think I'm a tosspot... who agree's??? Or has someone stolen my name & posted in disguise???

[Peter G]

I have a very very large penis.

Wait... Am I doing this right?

[bendover]

I think I'm a tosspot... who agree's??? Or has someone stolen my name & posted in disguise???

who's bedover?

[samsonite]

the forum could be locked to non registered people, but it wont be. this forum has always been about including everyone, and locking it would stop some people posting altogether. some folks dont want to register for various reasons, and we respect their right to privacy.

if you dont want to be impersonated, sign in.

and as for the person who posted as gross, we know who it was, and its not the first time they have used false usernames etc.

they should be getting marched out and kneecapped in about 20 mins time.

[Kitch]

why the hell should I have to worry about someone stealing my identity??

you don't if you log in

if you do not log in you do not have an identity and any guest name you use is fair game for anyone else to use

[kitch_]

but that depends on people being able to recognise that guest gross and signed in gross are not necessarily the same person - if guest gross said something suitably outrageous then people might not stop to check the difference

[bendover]

you're a twat if you post under someone elses name... however if you're someone who is pissed off that someone is posting under your name and you've not joined the forum as a member then its pretty lame to moan.

its a simple solution.

end of topic? yawn.....

[PeterG]

they should be getting marched out and kneecapped in about 20 mins time.

That seems a little harsh