Anonymity vs Privacy on the Net54baseball

[Rich Klein]

And this is sort of related, but not quite exact.

Back in the early 1990's, when I started at Beckett, the leading way for dealers to communicate with each other was a bulletin board known as sports net. It was a precursor to the hobby boards of today but obviously not as dynamic in terms of immediacy.

One of the more interesting aspects from our end at Beckett was how many dealers at the time would put up posts which could be construed as inflammatory (I may have, but don't think I still do) a sample year's worth of posts about Beckett.

But, the most interesting part about many of those threads was how many people would post whatever they wanted BUT when they actually had to see you face to face, then everything got a bit nicer. That's something else to remember as well, that just because you are not saying something in "3D" to someone's face, that you might not someday see them.

Just a point for anyone who wishes to post in these types of threads

Rich

[Jewish-collector]

Rich,
I will be sure to tell you to your face what I think of you.

[PolarBear]

I think you should require everyone to refer to themselves in the first person.

[GoldenAge50s]

I think you should require everyone to refer to themselves in the first person.

We completely agree.