A lot of people use a pseud to put up a barrier between work and internet. It seems a reasonable thing to do.
Anyone who went to the trouble could find out. If they acted like an ass hat on the board the board has means of dealing with it.
But she was naked! And all... articulate!
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Jul 05, 2007 10:48:18 am PDT #6466 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Jesse - Jul 05, 2007 10:48:45 am PDT #6467 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I wouldn't be adverse to limiting registration and making thread-viewing dependent upon registration for a short, set period of time post-book release. Didn't we do something like that before?
Did we actually do it? I can't remember. I think we decided that registering wasn't that much of a barrier.
At any rate, the amount of wankery following even Joss posting here has always been pretty minor, so I don't think random people will be a problem.
lisah - Jul 05, 2007 10:49:34 am PDT #6468 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I worry about wankery hitting the board, too, and how to deal with that.
Fortunately there are pretty good systems in place here to deal with wankery.
As for the rest, well...it's a big event for you. And those should be kind of scary. I'm sure as the weeks go along and you will get used to the book being out there and getting used to whatever responses it generates and learn how to deal with those responses as they come up. It's a strange situation because the book--unlike a novel, say--does invite the reader into your real life and the lives of your friends (as you've portrayed them in the book) and to make judgements about them. But that doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing or a thing that means you have to radically change the way you live your life online.
ION, because I know there are some Warren Ellis fans, he posted a picture of my friend reading his book on his blog today!
sarameg - Jul 05, 2007 10:49:57 am PDT #6469 of 10001
What they all said. It'll be fine.
bon bon - Jul 05, 2007 10:50:15 am PDT #6470 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Oh, yeah, what everyone else said. I didn't mean to imply by my suggestion that I thought the book was going to be materially deleterious, and that we needed to freak out or anything.
Jesse - Jul 05, 2007 10:52:02 am PDT #6471 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
materially deleterious
lawyer said what?
Now I'm trying to figure out how early I can leave today.
Trudy Booth - Jul 05, 2007 10:52:50 am PDT #6472 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Vortex, could you say bus person?
Emily - Jul 05, 2007 10:53:12 am PDT #6473 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
a massive conversion to traditional Bible-based Christianity (even among obstinate Jews and terrorist Mohammadans).
Because of course only Christ would leave Easter Eggs. Well... only Christ might call them Easter Eggs, fair cop.
sarameg - Jul 05, 2007 10:53:38 am PDT #6474 of 10001
Now I'm trying to figure out how early I can leave today.
37 more minutes!!!!
Well, I can. Stupid early wakeup.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 05, 2007 10:54:27 am PDT #6475 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Now I'm trying to figure out how early I can leave today.
Put one foot in front of the other...
Why I'm thinking of Xmas specials in July I have NO idea.