Who knows you´re here?

Trollheart · 02-02-2014, 08:26 PM

Can someone please explain to me what this "real world" is that everyone seems to be talking about? I hope you're not all suggesting that there's a world outside of here.... I don't think my barely adequate psychic defences could take that!

**Janszoon** · 02-02-2014, 09:58 PM

My wife, my brother and a friend who I invited but who's never posted all know about this place but that's it.

RoxyRollah · 02-02-2014, 10:17 PM

Google they know Im here...hell they know you're here too...

Neapolitan · 02-03-2014, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

The lounge is a place for some pretty idle questions, and this one is hardly profound, but I was wondering how open or closeted you are about using MB.

The only person IRL who knows that I´m a member of MB is my son, who is sworn to secrecy. Recently I considered inviting a RL friend to join us here, but I decided against it in the end.

How about you guys? Do you kept your MB alter-ego under wraps, or have you gone public and admitted to the world that you post in a music forum ?
Also, if you want to get philosophical, What does your decision say about you ? How does it affect the way you post?

I don't think it's too idle a question. I was thinking about doing a topic about whether or not members discuss MB irl the other day.

The way some people behave on here I could never invite anyone irl to this site. So MB has become one of those things that can't share with other people irl. I usually talk about it abstractly irl something like 'I belong to this music site... they said [whatever] about that band.' I sometimes invite people in plug.dj to check out MusicBanter. I know it's not for everyone but there is also a probability they might like it. I actually have one "referral."

Membership runs from a few days to a few years. I don't know what kind of person hold out long than a few weeks or months. But I often wonder why some people stay and others go. I remember a couple members telling me they either thinking about or were going to quite MB. Sometimes they gave reasons. Even though I didn't know Stephen that well, but I felt bad for him when he made his last post explaining why he's leaving. I would hate to think if I invited someone here irl to join MB and he or she had a horrifying experience it would be in some way my fault. So no I don't talk about MB too much or encourage any one irl to join.

Isbjørn · 02-03-2014, 12:39 AM

I've invited four people. Two of them got banned, and the other two couldn't be arsed to post.

Neapolitan · 02-03-2014, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Briks

I've invited four people. Two of them got banned, and the other two couldn't be arsed to post.

Was one them The___M?

Sequoioideae · 02-03-2014, 01:00 AM

No one knows I post here, and no one knows I have friends on here in the real world.

Taxman · 02-03-2014, 02:23 AM

The whole point is that here I'm able to talk as an anonymous, nobody knows me really and I really know now one. So I would not want anybody to know about my writings on that forum.

Isbjørn · 02-03-2014, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Was one them The___M?

Yeah. Banned after two posts.

zombie kid · 02-03-2014, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Had no idea that zombie kid was your boyfriend, BD. Now I have to check him out - see if he´s good enough for you

I already got past her dad so go ahead!

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Originally Posted by Briks

Yeah. Banned after two posts.

Maybe they were annoying or trolling?

02-02-2014, 08:26 PM	#11 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Can someone please explain to me what this "real world" is that everyone seems to be talking about? I hope you're not all suggesting that there's a world outside of here.... I don't think my barely adequate psychic defences could take that! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2014, 09:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	My wife, my brother and a friend who I invited but who's never posted all know about this place but that's it. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

02-03-2014, 12:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
Isbjørn cooler commie than elph Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a hole, help Posts: 2,811	I've invited four people. Two of them got banned, and the other two couldn't be arsed to post. __________________ fast(ml) Hear me play the guitar Look, mom! I got a journal

02-03-2014, 02:23 AM	#18 (permalink)
Taxman watching the wheels Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Finland Posts: 470	The whole point is that here I'm able to talk as an anonymous, nobody knows me really and I really know now one. So I would not want anybody to know about my writings on that forum. __________________ ...