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in thread What Are You Doing For Perl?

"that was not the reason why I posted the list. "

Then why didn't you post anonymously? :)

I never said "pit" either. I find it interesting that you go there. What I did imply was that instead of hanging out here and stroking my ego, I tried to give Perl good representation outside this little group. Without a face.

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Re^5: What Are You Doing For Perl?
by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Aug 06, 2009 at 20:35 UTC
    Then why didn't you post anonymously?

    Once upon a time, some two decades or so ago, I was an active and well-known participant on a local dial-up BBS. One day, there was a discussion there (I don't recall the topic) in which another of the site's prolific users made a comment that I wished to reply to, but I wanted my comments to be read and responded to objectively, without being viewed more favorably due to my reputation or my relationship with him.

    And so I posted them anonymously.

    This caused quite a stir and backfired miserably, as the discussion of "why did the poster hide behind anonymity?" distracted and detracted from my words far more than my reputation would have, were my name attached.

    From what I saw then and have seen many times in many places since then, it is clear that anonymity, as a rule, detracts from your credibility rather than enhancing it.

    (As a practical matter, there's also no way here to tell which AnonyMonk posts are from the same person and which are not. It appears that at least two distinct AnonyMonks have posted in this thread, but the exact number is a mystery.)

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Re^5: What Are You Doing For Perl?
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Aug 06, 2009 at 15:54 UTC
    Anonymous Monk,
    I am not trying to be combative. I didn't post it anonymously because of a post someone made a long time ago. It had to do with not hiding behind AM, being held accountable for your words and other noble truths that appealed to me at the time. I can see your point though and can't argue with it. Next time I will - promise ;-)

    Regarding "pit", you are also right. You did say "against" which to me were the same. I know better than to put words in your mouth so sorry again. I do feel you could have done a better job asking what you wanted in the root thread though as well as your clarifying response as I pointed out to the other AM in this thread.

    Cheers - L~R

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Re^5: What Are You Doing For Perl?
by ssandv (Hermit) on Aug 06, 2009 at 16:36 UTC
    The fundamental unit of programming power is the programmer. Programmers are human. Humans use heuristics to evaluate things. One of those heuristics is the reputation of the people presenting them information. Doing it "without a face" is neither efficient nor effective.

    It takes an awfully big ego to make claims about acting egolessly.
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