Why do users have multiple aliases?
A few theories:
1. Sometimes it seems that when a person has an unpopular point of view, they create another persona to back them up in order to create support for the view.
2. I imagine that forumers, much like in real-life, find that they have different personalities depending on the circumstances and create a 'persona' to go along with the mood.
3. Create a username just for venting purposes.
4. I think that there are people that have a specific beef with a player or the GM, or whomever, and they create a specific username exclusively for bashing that particular person.
5. Peer pressure - sounds odd, but what I mean is that when you've been on a forum for a long time, friendships/alliances seem to form. If a member of one of these groups wants to express something unpopular within that group, they might feel compelled to express those feelings under a different alias so as not to rock the boat or 'tarnish' their image.
1. 2. And 4.
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A few theories:
1. Sometimes it seems that when a person has an unpopular point of view, they create another persona to back them up in order to create support for the view.
2. I imagine that forumers, much like in real-life, find that they have different personalities depending on the circumstances and create a 'persona' to go along with the mood.
3. Create a username just for venting purposes.
4. I think that there are people that have a specific beef with a player or the GM, or whomever, and they create a specific username exclusively for bashing that particular person.
5. Peer pressure - sounds odd, but what I mean is that when you've been on a forum for a long time, friendships/alliances seem to form. If a member of one of these groups wants to express something unpopular within that group, they might feel compelled to express those feelings under a different alias so as not to rock the boat or 'tarnish' their image.
1. 2. And 4.
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