I have posted this way, a few times, and once you start to think about why you post anon, you wonder why you are hiding your feelings, if we are such good online friends shouldn't we be able to tell our friends what we really think. I can see, if it is a subject that you are talking about and you are worried that a relative or even your dh might find on the computer. It is just a thought. This just proves that we care what people think, of us, even though we do not truley know them, just what they want us to know. any thoughts on this.

By Karen~moderator on Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 06:07 am:

Well, to begin with, the *Anonymous* feature is not intended to be used for just any, old post:

The Anonymous feature is available for use when posting on issues of a personal, sensitive nature ONLY. Misuse of the anonymous feature (i.e., using it for obviously non-personal, non-sensitive issues or to post something negative against another user) will result in immediate deletion of the post. Repeated misuse will result in loss of posting privileges at this board. Although the identity of anonymous posters is not known to the general public, these posts can be traced to identify users in extreme cases by administration. All users should be aware of this when using this feature.

You are probably right, that we DO care what people think of us.

For myself, there isn't much that I'd use the ANON feature for. I would speculate that everyone carries with them, something so personal, that maybe only one or two people in their lives actually know about, yet they have a need to *talk* about it, or need advice or opinions.