“Monikers” circumvent censorship

The thorny old ggl or blgr problem of “Anonymous” in comments has raised its head … thought it might one day do so.

It had been all right at Orphans until recently but now reader Redacted has said that someone is signing comments “R” … which could well be trolling it’s quite possible on ggl blgr, less so on WP.

In short, it is criminal, esp. with increased censorship of blogs coming from globopsycho and the EU, which means Starmer … if someone falsely uses another’s name or gives the strong impression someone else said what he said, not him …  that is fraudulent, it’s misdirection and defamation, which gives Labour’s new stasi an opening to come in and censor us, press charges etc.

There’s a simple enough way around it though, which I’ll call “monikers”, which circumvents such censoring.

As you know, OoL comments are on moderation, through Julia and she uses a light touch, that is … comments generally get through … almost always actually, as befits a site concerned with liberty.

The whole point of the honour netiquette of using a self-constructed “moniker” is that you are not registering personal details, not joining a club, not going on a list, the details of your name do not go to any govt oversight.

That moniker is whatever you wish, it can change, it can be your own name if you wish but need not be … we’re not interested in that side of it. We are interested though that someone known by a certain moniker, e.g. Mark the Skint Sailor, Lord T, whatever you call yourself, stays consistent with that name, out of respect for readers.

You can change it at your whim if it’s giving you grief … on X, people add to or change their profile names all the time … for example, I’m Pureblood James there for now.

We can’t force you to, it’s an honour system, but it’s wise as it holds the official censors at bay, allowing us to regulate ourselves.  That’s it.  If you comment at Orphans, please use a name somewhere in your comment you’d like to be known by and stay with it for sometime, so readers get to know who’s who in their minds.