Personally, I don't like the practice and feel it's disrespectful to the community. If I'm not willing to sign my posts, then I shouldn't post in the first place. There is no shame in making an honest mistake. I'll admit that I'm not proud of all my nodes, but I'm willing to live with the results of my actions and perfectly willing to take the down votes with the up votes.

As I understand it, many other monks feel similarly. Well, perhaps it's better to say that many of the monks I respect feel that way.

Update (in reply to adamsj): I don't mind it when people do so accidentally or before they obtain a login handle; however, I personally don't like it when folks deliberately log out to post something. That's the practice I don't like. Of course, anonymous trolling is just plain wrong.

--f

In reply to Re: Anonymity and Courage by footpad
in thread Anonymity and Courage by Vynce

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