Who are you? An individual or not?

Same here, but Flyte does like to see what I've written about him now and again!!

I very rarely comment on others’ doings on the What I Did etc thread. And as I said I thought we needed to get away from it. 

I could have started a thread on something more contentious, but avoided it.

we joined under my husbands name, he has no interest in the forum bit so I do posting.  

I suppose what I would ask Goldie is whether she has a suspicion that two people are posting under the same user name. That in itself might not be an issue if for instance one always posts in the chat sections and the other posts in the more technical sections? However if the suggestion is that two people are using the same user name to manipulate discussions I think that is a different matter and perhaps should be raised with the Community Manager. However I suspect quite a bit of evidence would need to be collected to support such a suggestion? On one of Goldie's comment and being old fashioned I would add that I would prefer to know the gender of the person I was replying to rather than making an assumption. That is why I would prefer people to sign their posts with their first name which would make things much more friendly.

David

I think you'll find the first assumption is correct, David. I've not come across the second scenario. It would stand out a mile if done under the one user name. However, a poster employing an alias would have pretty much a free hand to manipulate discussions and we know that's been done.

Gender matters not at all. Do you treat people differently according to gender? Surely not!

Would I sign my post with my first name, probably not....one of my neighbours would spot me and I'd never live it down. 

TW

The second scenario would risk being a bit Jekyll and Hyde I suppose?

Re gender, not a question of treating people differently at all but I have seen instances on this forum where an assumption has been made about  someone's gender when in fact it was incorrect  and this has been rather pointedly been corrected in a following post. That was the sort of situation I sought to avoid by my comment. Personally I try to be as gender neutral as it is possible to be. 

David

Somewhat Jekyll and Hyde, David. The instance I’m thinking of was one person with two user names talking to ‘himself’ and liking the alter ego’s posts. 

The answer with the gender issue, and many others, would seem to be never to make assumptions. 

With me, what you see is what you get!  It's only me!

David 

Well, that's what you say!