Back in the day I had to make a second account because this one got messed upIf you changed your name to have an apostrophe it became unable for you to change it back or stay logged in.
In my profile there's a link to what I did in that month off from this profile. I got my first few front pages among other things.
(In my profile there's a link to what I did in that month off from this profile. I got my first few front pages among other things.
Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:22,
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oh, harshI've had pretty positive responses on the whole in my time here, but a while ago I considered setting up a second account as a social experiment, because around that time I was getting loads of grief about 'well women get fawned over ON THE INTERNET and you get people being nice because you posted 'naked' pictures of yourself'.
To be honest I can see that you get treated with less leeway as a noob, and there is a certain amount of non-serious pandering, but I was very curious to find out once and for all if a 'male' newbie, who has read the FAQ and only makes small mistakes, rectified and apologised for, really would get treated that differently to my experiences.
Edit: Sorry, the link there was that I was curious if I'd get a front page if I was using a different username, and I'd be pretty gutted really.
(To be honest I can see that you get treated with less leeway as a noob, and there is a certain amount of non-serious pandering, but I was very curious to find out once and for all if a 'male' newbie, who has read the FAQ and only makes small mistakes, rectified and apologised for, really would get treated that differently to my experiences.
Edit: Sorry, the link there was that I was curious if I'd get a front page if I was using a different username, and I'd be pretty gutted really.
Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions,
Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:28,
archived)
noobs get away with a lotas long as they put *some* sort of effort.
However, reposting someone else's work, thats a beating.
(However, reposting someone else's work, thats a beating.
Foxglove -- it all ends in tears anyway...,
Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:33,
archived)
Back then everyone was a noob really.There had been no b3ta bashes so other than some Londonites you just went on by what you saw and liked. I hadn't done that much worthy of a front page until then anyway, but it was nice to fill up the 10 FP's then retire the account. Just as an example - 1 FP was of a streaming webcam of a pub the night of the first mini b3ta bash (not of the pub the b3tans were at though) :)
It is interesting actually, since my other account was Ann Onnymouse. I didn't think about it but some people must have thought I was female with that name. To me it was just a play on words, but maybe it affected some people's view.
I'll admit I treat men and women differently in real life, not exaggeratedly different and not always deliberately, but not the same. On b3ta/the net I just go by what I see, there's no way of knowing either way most of the time anyway.
(It is interesting actually, since my other account was Ann Onnymouse. I didn't think about it but some people must have thought I was female with that name. To me it was just a play on words, but maybe it affected some people's view.
I'll admit I treat men and women differently in real life, not exaggeratedly different and not always deliberately, but not the same. On b3ta/the net I just go by what I see, there's no way of knowing either way most of the time anyway.
Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:50,
archived)