"I know who you are" posters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who have no real life outside of this forum.

It is unbelievable I know, but there are actually people in this universe who don’t have professional nor personal lives & choose DCUM as their only outlet.

And sadly these people actually feel like Masters when they claim that they can recognize a specific poster’s writing style, etc.

They actually are showing off how smart they (think) that they are when in reality they are the perfect illustration of what not to be.

When ANYone can recognize another person’s writing style, etc. then that is a clear sign that they need to step away from the online screen + get outside and actually do something.

Are you op?

[Anonymous]

While I don’t think I ‘know’ a poster, when it comes to particular intense chains, there are definitely poster(s) who become obvious because they post in a particular style with the same syntax, the same arguments etc. Could be one, could me more than one, not sure. These also seem to be (but idk) the posters who, when their arguments aren’t being supported, get angry and start insulting people, and then accuse everyone else of ‘sock puppeting!’ although style would indicate they’re the ones posting and reposting. But idk. I’ve never bothered to ask Jeff because well, this is a free board. You get what you pay for.

There are also poster(s) who go to the relationship and other chains where people ask sensitive questions about their lives, and then proceed to dump on them, saying they did everything wrong etc. I like to think that’s just one or two mean, unhappy posters, but I suppose that’s naive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who have no real life outside of this forum.

It is unbelievable I know, but there are actually people in this universe who don’t have professional nor personal lives & choose DCUM as their only outlet.

And sadly these people actually feel like Masters when they claim that they can recognize a specific poster’s writing style, etc.

They actually are showing off how smart they (think) that they are when in reality they are the perfect illustration of what not to be.

When ANYone can recognize another person’s writing style, etc. then that is a clear sign that they need to step away from the online screen + get outside and actually do something.

Are you op?

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can tell by IP addresses.

Not unless you operate the webserver

NP. I am fairly certain Jeff’s software could be hacked by sophisticated hackers. That’s not a criticism of Jeff, it’s the reality of life for small-owner websites. Probably there are nefarious folks out there have lists of DCUM IP addresses because he stores them in plaintext.

[Anonymous]

Idk, I think posters like Natural Law Antiredshirter are pretty distinctive. That having been said I don’t care if someone is mimicking her because I think her (their?) posts are hilarious.

[Anonymous]

I'm shocked OP is getting so much flak. I think the "I know who you are" posters are freaks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While I don’t think I ‘know’ a poster, when it comes to particular intense chains, there are definitely poster(s) who become obvious because they post in a particular style with the same syntax, the same arguments etc. Could be one, could me more than one, not sure. These also seem to be (but idk) the posters who, when their arguments aren’t being supported, get angry and start insulting people, and then accuse everyone else of ‘sock puppeting!’ although style would indicate they’re the ones posting and reposting. But idk. I’ve never bothered to ask Jeff because well, this is a free board. You get what you pay for.

There are also poster(s) who go to the relationship and other chains where people ask sensitive questions about their lives, and then proceed to dump on them, saying they did everything wrong etc. I like to think that’s just one or two mean, unhappy posters, but I suppose that’s naive.

Are you the wife that abuses her husband and tells OPs being abused that it’s totally normal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm shocked OP is getting so much flak. I think the "I know who you are" posters are freaks.

I think the flak is coming from the freaks who post that nonsense, a few of whom are probably stating their desired outcome in their accusations (i.e. that OP is "paranoid" or "triggered" in some way).

[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?

Are you drunk or just paranoid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
If you can never recognize a poster, you might consider that you are not a thoughtful reader.

I'm glad someone else finally said what I've always thought. It's not a flex to say you don't recognize repeat posters. To me, it means you are not very observant or intelligent really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can tell by IP addresses.

Not unless you operate the webserver

NP. I am fairly certain Jeff’s software could be hacked by sophisticated hackers. That’s not a criticism of Jeff, it’s the reality of life for small-owner websites. Probably there are nefarious folks out there have lists of DCUM IP addresses because he stores them in plaintext.

Who says he stores them in plain text?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If you can never recognize a poster, you might consider that you are not a thoughtful reader.

I'm glad someone else finally said what I've always thought. It's not a flex to say you don't recognize repeat posters. To me, it means you are not very observant or intelligent really.

I didn't realize we were supposed to be reading a parenting forum like it was Dostoevsky lol.

[Anonymous]

It's possible that someone could lie. I know it's hard to believe, but it does happen. Even worse, someone could be wrong. I know, it's never happened to anyone else in this thread. I mean, I thought I was wrong once, but I was given bad information, so it wasn't my fault and no one could blame me, because it wasn't my fault and I wasn't wrong because it wasn't my fault.

[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.

Nah, they use the exact same phrases in all their convos. Syntax is pretty easy to pick up on.

So you're "'Nah,' poster"? A lot of people on the internet talk like they're on the internet.

I say nah all the time. Sometimes I say eh or yep or nope

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm shocked OP is getting so much flak. I think the "I know who you are" posters are freaks.

I think the flak is coming from the freaks who post that nonsense, a few of whom are probably stating their desired outcome in their accusations (i.e. that OP is "paranoid" or "triggered" in some way).

Maybe. I'm just lmao at the idea that not recognizing posts on a parenting forum made five years apart means you're "not an observant or thoughtful reader."