I would ask moderators, as if they don't have enough work already, to encourage existing members to put some kind of geographical location on their membership profile.
Also that all new members use a real first and last name and encourage all existing members to perhaps add their real name in a signature block so that their posting history can be preserved.
I really feel that transparency in the cyber world is important.
In real life, I have spoken to forum members on subjects that I would not have been able to engage them on if I didn't know their name. "Slippery Sid" just doesn't cut it anymore for me.
I regret that I am likely to be ridiculed as a dinosaur but I believe in saying how I feel and that is honesty.
Thanks for taking the time to read, I don't expect you to agree.
