I agree

Honestly, there are so many people on this forum quick to attack if your opinion differs from theirs, that I believe you would knock out 75% of the posters. I don't have strong opinions, so I don't mind using my name, but I know better than to post an opinion that may differ from some of the die-hards on this board. I would be belittled if I posted an inaccurate statement, and heaven forbid if I ever posted anything postive about a wing show! Let people that want to post aynomonously post. If you choose to use your real name, more power to you! I would just hate to see people leave this board because their opinion wasn't with the majority. Also if they voiced their opinion and then would be hesitant to attend the races wary of backlash!
Food for thought!
Steve

My real name is on here.. got nuthing to hide.......

It don't matter to me. Most know who I am anyway.

Sigh your real name gives this board credibility.

Lynn

:kookoo

You can get my name when you pry it out of my cold dead hands.

Okay maybe a little over the top.

If I want to know a name, I will PM someone to find it out. It's not that big of a deal. Those who know who I am, are those I want to know who I am. I have nothing to hide but this required name with post stuff is getting old. You can tell who the people who have credibility by the content of their posts.

I have no qualms about revealing my name here.

Sincerely,

Al Bundy

I have a couple of positions at Pittsfield Speedway, but I have no problem with folks knowing who I am. Heck, I'd love for folks to come over on I-72 after the Springfield Silver Crown race next Saturday for our POWRi race. I'll be in the tower announcing the support class races. (And I'll definitely be the weak link of the annoucing team, as Jim Childers is one of the best in the business.)

However, if folks want to remain anonymous, that should be their perogative. So I voted "No."

--Brandon Paul
Pittsfield Speedway scorer/announcer

While I understand the frustration with anonymous posters, I say no for two reasons :

1) Identity theft problems - you'd give any passerby access to a legal legitimate name and possibly enough identifying information (like city, state) to make a big mess for someone. At this point, anyone with internet access whereever in the world can read the board and glean information from it.

2) Safety - as a woman, I don't want just anyone to know who I am or where I am. And since any person can read the posts, if required to use my real name, I would not ever sign up for an ID, which is unfortunate as I have made several friends on here who do know my real name! I also don't know how you would verify whether an ID is real or not.

That said, I see no problem with the moderator having name, address, e-mail address or whatever as part of signing up for an I.D. as long as it is not public information on the board.

And if the board were private - that is, can't be read without logging in as a member, that would cut down on the identity theft issues to some degree.