"I know who you are" posters

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have twice recognized people I know in real life on here, based on the timing and details in their posts. But I didn't say "I know who you are" because then they might have figured out who I am too!

I sometimes post about someone else's situation as if I'm the person experiencing it. It is possible that others do the same, even about people you know.

I have both "ghost posted" someone else's details this way, and deliberately cribbed someone's style of writing. I'm always amused when someone says they know who I am on those posts because that's several levels of sleuthing. I almost feel bad for the people I'm borrowing from; maybe they actually know these "I know you" posters in real life. I bet they're loads of fun to have as neighbors and acquaintances

[Anonymous]

I can tell by IP addresses.

[Anonymous]

You can use tools to find messages likely written by the same person. But it's harder when you have only short messages without multiple messages linked to one username

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can tell by IP addresses.

Not unless you operate the webserver

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless someone truly has a distinctive "turn of phrase" or WaY of TyPinG or posts the same story repeatedly, I always thought it was weird when someone posted like they knew who was posting. It's anonymous and many different people are posting on various threads.

I didn't think my way of writing was particularly distinctive, but I am from the UK originally and we do express ourselves slightly differently in writing than in the US, so maybe that was it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've been on DCUM for more than 15 years, and I've rarely seen that comment, OP, so maybe stop obsessing over it? Most of the time, it's just a fake threat people post for fun, or emphasis. You can ignore it. People post all kinds of nonsense.

Maybe not in those words, but people often say they recognize a poster. I recognize one, but many other people also recognize J3 (?) guy. The guy with the very odd writing style who liked to talk about remote workers having 2 or 3 full-time jobs.

You think you recognize them.

There's a strange arrogance to it, isn't there? Is there a prize for having spent so much time here that you think you can accurately recognize who is posting what in which forums? Doesn't seem like a flex. It seems like telling on oneself to me, like maybe the sort of person who'd say this needs to get a life offline instead of obsessing about who they think is posting on DCUM.

I don’t know this person in real life - but I know them on DCUM. How? Because he shows up in every Greek thread talking about frat guys pulling “foiyne” girls (or whatever weird spelling he uses). He goes on and on about frats and sororities and is just generally pathetic.

I’m almost inspired to make a post re: Greek life just to prove a point that he will show up. It depends on how bored I get…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know who you are

I'm sure you don't, because you wouldn't want to at me if you did.

As if someone needs to be worried about the anonymous posters on DCUM. You really out here living the thug life on your keyboard… get a hobby.

Keyboard = thugs hangout spot?
really?

Dear OAP, it is well known that DC is a bastion of crime (ask Trump). They love to hang out at Navy Yard…and DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless someone truly has a distinctive "turn of phrase" or WaY of TyPinG or posts the same story repeatedly, I always thought it was weird when someone posted like they knew who was posting. It's anonymous and many different people are posting on various threads.

I didn't think my way of writing was particularly distinctive, but I am from the UK originally and we do express ourselves slightly differently in writing than in the US, so maybe that was it.

Using whilst, amongst, etc. is common in UK English.

I tend to drop "to be" in some of my passive participles. That's Appalachian grammar and a tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can tell by IP addresses.

nope

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is gonna sound so weird. But I followed a troll from another website, to this website. She was a very well known troll, extremely easy to pick out. I’ve found her trolling threads on here as well lol. I’ve called her out even. I think Jeff confirmed a few of them.

It’s almost pathological the amount of troll threads she makes, but maybe I’m just as pathological for “knowing” her for so long and being able to recognize it 🤦‍♀️

I’m intrigued; how did you know she was going here to “follow her”? What does she post about? Why do you care enough to follow/track her/call her out? Genuinely curious, no judgment as I am on here way too much.

She posted on the other site about how she trolls this one and another one or two. I checked them out and easily found a few threads that were hers. Then I just started posting here and loved it lol.

I posted already what she posts about. It’s always just so crazy. Idk why I care enough to call her out, maybe just making sure it was actually her lol. I haven’t seen her in a few months, maybe Jeff blocked her or maybe she got a new schtick that I don’t recognize 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're the sort of person who leaves this comment, what's your deal? Are you chronically online? Are you some sort of wacky savant who counts syllables and tracks patterns? Are you just delulu and think you actually know who's anonymously posting on the anon board?

How are we supposed to interpret your comment? Do you want someone to feel caught by your little "gotcha" allegation? Should we celebrate your sleuthing prowess and self-proclaimed intelligence? Personally, I think it makes the person posting it sound unhinged.

Why do people do this?

You sound a little triggered

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have twice recognized people I know in real life on here, based on the timing and details in their posts. But I didn't say "I know who you are" because then they might have figured out who I am too!

I sometimes post about someone else's situation as if I'm the person experiencing it. It is possible that others do the same, even about people you know.

PP here. Maybe? But in that case I still recognized someone I know, it's just they were posing as someone else I know. In both cases it was people from our school community posting about ongoing issues in our school community, using details/phrasing/arguments I had heard them use in person to discuss these events. So if someone was impersonating them, it was someone else from the same community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're the sort of person who leaves this comment, what's your deal? Are you chronically online? Are you some sort of wacky savant who counts syllables and tracks patterns? Are you just delulu and think you actually know who's anonymously posting on the anon board?

How are we supposed to interpret your comment? Do you want someone to feel caught by your little "gotcha" allegation? Should we celebrate your sleuthing prowess and self-proclaimed intelligence? Personally, I think it makes the person posting it sound unhinged.

Why do people do this?

You sound a little triggered

You sound like a clown who probably says this stupid shit because you have nothing better to contribute to a thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless someone truly has a distinctive "turn of phrase" or WaY of TyPinG or posts the same story repeatedly, I always thought it was weird when someone posted like they knew who was posting. It's anonymous and many different people are posting on various threads.

I didn't think my way of writing was particularly distinctive, but I am from the UK originally and we do express ourselves slightly differently in writing than in the US, so maybe that was it.

Using whilst, amongst, etc. is common in UK English.

I tend to drop "to be" in some of my passive participles. That's Appalachian grammar and a tell.

No it is not. Those WERE common in UK English usage, but not really since the 1950s

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless someone truly has a distinctive "turn of phrase" or WaY of TyPinG or posts the same story repeatedly, I always thought it was weird when someone posted like they knew who was posting. It's anonymous and many different people are posting on various threads.

I didn't think my way of writing was particularly distinctive, but I am from the UK originally and we do express ourselves slightly differently in writing than in the US, so maybe that was it.

Using whilst, amongst, etc. is common in UK English.

I tend to drop "to be" in some of my passive participles. That's Appalachian grammar and a tell.

No it is not. Those WERE common in UK English usage, but not really since the 1950s

I will tell my fellow GenX UK colleagues that they are anachronisms.