Identities

[Bob Jefferson]

In the spirit of 'Positive Porty', and to counter claims of anonymous bullying, here is an opportunity to declare your true identity. I'll go first:

username - Bob Jefferson
real name - Bob Jefferson

Next!

[regent]

User name: regent
Real name: April McIntosh


Next!

[gillian]

User name- Rosa
Real Name- Gilli Eunson

[magbagpuss]

magbagpuss
Magi Spratt

[Mark Cameron]

Mcdryburn
Mark Cameron

Is it possible to change my username to my real name?

Next.

[Bob Jefferson]

What's our policy on 'outing'?

[Epykat]

[gillian dunn]

Or Reg!

[Bob Jefferson]

Let's trade.

[Epykat]

[regent]

Outing fine by me. But why bother. It all beginning to feel a bit soap opera!

[gillian]

Really hoping Lashylass doesn't reveal all. Much prefer the mystery.

[Lashylass]

Have no fear Rosa, Lashylass will remain as such.

[Porty]

I may be mistaken but wasn't the issue with Seashell her credentials for opining on the school not her real identity.

Good to see you Gillian can't be long before you disprove Epykats theory.

[Epykat]

[seashell]

[seashell]

[seashell]

[Epykat]

[seashell]

[Epykat]

[seashell]

[rathbone]

Isn’t it about time that some of you grew up?

Seashell, Epykat is not a bully, she’s a wind-up merchant who is clearly pushing your buttons, just in the same way that Lashylass knows how to get Seanie going. If you feel you are being bullied, then I suppose for you you are being bullied, but I don’t think that was the intent of her posting.

LIke others on here, I am on a number of other social networking sites which are much more vicious and on which genuine bullying takes place.

My daughter had the experience of being the witness in a court case and, along with other witnesses on the ‘wrong’ side, finding her witness statement posted on-line, being ripped apart and her branded as a liar. That is genuine bullying. The person who perpetrated it received 200 hours community service.

It was perhaps inevitable, if regrettable, that the school issue was going to be divisive. Stripping out the merits of the case on both sides (and there are merits on both sides), the arguments have reduced to name calling and mud slinging. There have been occasions when that has gone over the top and there are some people who have posted here and elsewhere who should go back and re-read what they have said about other people and reflect on whether their behaviour was that of a mature adult or someone who still had not outgrown the playground......... however, what they were doing was not bullying, only childish.

On the identity issue I don’t give a toss either way if people reveal their real selves or not.
For the record:
User name: Rathbone
Real name: Dave Irving

[Epykat]

[Puerto bella]

Everyone on here gives as good as they get - we all do so lets not pretend Seashell.
Sean and I used to be at loggerheads and if we can be civil to each other and just get on with our common purpose - to make Portobello the best place it can be then why can't you and Avril? Avril is no bully believe me. She's lovely in real life and you'd probably both get on if you drew a line. Portobello needs people to pull together and rid us of the real problems.

[Pal of Porty]

Pal of Porty
Bond....James Bond

[Porty]

[Bob Jefferson]

Agreed and should have been barred some time ago in my view.

[gillian]

[Puerto bella]

I would go as far as to say - TP should be reinvented as a open and transparent forum with a requirement to register as yourself. I dont think its healthy that we should tolerate the anonymity. If it means we all transfer to somewhere that's not anonymous then so be it. Giving the Edin Sooks brigade and their bed partners airspace and letting them wind you up is what they want. Fork the lot of them.

[seashell]

[Puerto bella]

Oh dear. There's only one thing for it as Harry Hill would say....

[Bob Jefferson]

Fight? I'm all for a bit of girl on girl action. Seriously, I would welcome a rule that required users to register using their real names and I think we would soon spot fake identities and those people should be barred. It would be naive to imagine that this in itself would solve every problem, but I think it would discourage the trolls and lead to people engaging with each other in a more respectful manner.

[Porty]

Once the school proceeds I fully expect "hostilities"will subside and the issue of anonymity will be less contentious. A mix of real and anonymous can work, it did work for quite a number of years. In 2002 internet forums were newish and for some, POL was the first experience. Some people registered using their real names and felt disadvantaged when jousting with an anon. Dccairns was one example, I remember her telling me. For my part I knew Diana as she was my neighbour but I didn't know her second name or that the d stood for Diana so dccairns appeared anonymous to me.

I'm not sure what Bob intended when he set the site up but overall it has been a big success. be a pity to allow the Trolls to "win".

I'm really pleased that Sean and PB have reconciled.

[Puerto bella]

Having had 2 funerals in the past month to go to - it makes you think - life's too short for grudges.