PrettyCindy: Ok. Thanks all. I get what you all are trying to say. Even i appreciate and enjoy the privacy.
Maybe in the nearest future, there will be an overall updating of nairaland to look like face book BUT THIS ANONYMOUS FORUM WILL STILL BE OPEN. There will be no single connection or similarity between your true identity and your fake username. Nairaland will get there.

afam4eva: The early years of nairaland saw people giving away vital information which included their names, location etc but as the tribal tension on Nairaland heightened, it will be suicidal to give anyone such information. You don't want people like Fstranger to Fstrangle you in your home or Al_harem declaring a Jihad on vocal Igbo nairalanders or Bittyend raping as many Igbo girls he can lay his hands on. There are also political and blood thirsty individuals that are looking for people to kill. Take away the anonymity and you won't want to mess with Beaf(PDP) or Ekoile(ACN). Na everyday we go just dey hear say nairalander don die. Btw, has the Chicago police discovered who killed Bawomolo?

Odunnu:
Yea! Are you suggesting a NLndr did him?

Odunnu: Remove anonymity? Hell NO! I'll hate to wake up one morning with born2fork on my door.

afam4eva: There are also political and blood thirsty individuals that are looking for people to kill. Take away the anonymity and you won't want to mess with Beaf(PDP) or Ekoile(ACN). Na everyday we go just dey hear say nairalander don die. Btw, has the Chicago police discovered who killed Bawomolo?

Tinyemeka:

How did he die?

Tinyemeka:

LOL. Or 190.

maclatunji: Kai, I have been discovered. Shakes head in dismay.

ogbeche77:
You may be right, as I also think someone like debosky is in his early 50's, enjoying his pension with his kids in Toronto, Ogugua88 schools in upper Alaska, BEAF is Reno Omokri:Special adviser to GEJ on new media, Mclatunji is the baba adinni of the local mosque in his community, Ileke idi has never visited Nigeria, she spends alot of time on local websites, no wonder she knows the little about ekiti today, Idowuogbo happens to be a introvert, her character in real life is a complete opposite of what we know on nairaland

Efemena_xy:

I feel you sister.

But even so, there's no guarantee that people would actually do all that and be 100% truthful. Whilst your intentions might be honourable, the reality is there are others out there with less than honourable intentions. I'm referring to scammers, fraudsters, opportunists and the likes.

Being on an anonymous faceless forum gives people the chance to let go of any reservations they have and to project images of themselves - as what they might secretly want to be seen as - but in reality could be quite the opposite. It's all good fun at the end of the day, but like CC rightly mentioned, one has to be extremely careful here.

Heck! Moremi even pointed out in an earlier thread that for all we know, Jenny could infact be an elderly white male - and Moremi for all we know too, could even be an underaged teenage girl from Haiti using the only computer available in a remote village to come online sef

(Jeez, I hope neither of them see this o!)

davidylan: If you remove the anonymity then you destroy the essence of what makes NL fun. I would not want to be here if i know it would give others undue access to my private life.

davidylan:

Bored teenagers and the fact that a large number of Americans possess no form of social skills and would rather make 1500 "friends" online than have one in the real world.

ogbeche77:
I no talk am... Baba adinni

Seun: You can do this, but only if they fancy you back

jamace:

My reserve, I comment.

jamace:

My reserve, I comment.

ndidibabe: I, my reserve, comment! ;DI, my reserve, comment!

d-guy:
@Cindy i commend u 4 bringing up dis topic. my take, almost evry1 here hs a fbk account whr dey revealed demselves, so dis place is cool 4 anonymity. u may stil make som real friends here over time... bt d opportunity 2 express oneself freely is d luxury dat NL brings. side note: u can make dis more fun by adding a poll to it. let us vote!!!!

d-guy:
@Cindy i commend u 4 bringing up dis topic. my take, almost evry1 here hs a fbk account whr dey revealed demselves, so dis place is cool 4 anonymity. u may stil make som real friends here over time... bt d opportunity 2 express oneself freely is d luxury dat NL brings. side note: u can make dis more fun by adding a poll to it. let us vote!!!!

ogbeche77:
You may be right, as I also think someone like debosky is in his early 50's, enjoying his pension with his kids in Toronto, Ogugua88 schools in upper Alaska, BEAF is Reno Omokri:Special adviser to GEJ on new media, Mclatunji is the baba adinni of the local mosque in his community,[b] Ileke idi has never visited Nigeria, she spends alot of time on local websites, no wonder she knows the little about ekiti today, [/b]Idowuogbo happens to be a introvert, her character in real life is a complete opposite of what we know on nairaland

Ileke-IdI:


Swwety, I was born and raised in Ekiti state.

Are you mad because I am proud to claim Ekiti state?

Fake investigators.