sassyangel
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Post by sassyangel on Jan 12, 2022 14:53:40 GMT
A few years ago I outed longtime pea AN as having a rather mean alter Kaitlyn(random numbers I can’t recall). She seemed to be using her regular pea name to ask questions and receive pea advice about home renovations as she had bought her own home. Her alter was used to rail against MLMs and be mean to specific peas (often the very same peas who were answering her questions as AN) I assume she did it so she didn’t get a reputation of being a bitch. I remember AN. Didn’t she have a mother that pea’d? Yes, burning feather. |
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 12, 2022 15:14:50 GMT
When talking politics, I think some people create alters to back themselves up, some create them to be more inflammatory than want to be under their "real" name - they don't want to be ostracized from the community, and some create them because they know they have history that is inconsistent with what they're saying now and they don't want to admit/explain that. For example, I'm pretty sure we had "I don't support Trump" R peas who vocally did support him under alters. That is what I was thinking too. I am terrible with names but the few rabid and nonsensical peas who post all the fake "facts" about covid all post in very similar styles and I honestly believe there are only one or two of them and they just keep creating new alters to stir the pot. I think it is painfully obvious that they are long time peas as well as and probably ones that flounced off awhile ago and can't just stay away. Super pathetic if you ask me, but clearly they get their jollies off of it. |
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 12, 2022 15:16:48 GMT
Those outings usually happen because the person logs into the wrong account when they're answering a question or a quote as their alter. I've seen it happen a couple times. I remember this happening with somebody whose “real” name was devilsomething - devildog? Downstate Illinois?Indiana? Very nice. Chatty. Polite. Mostly posted about normal Pea stuff, but when she did post on political threads she claimed she was unsophisticated about politics and had just started paying attention. I answered specific questions she had about politics/government/ideology and she always thanked me and said it was helpful. Meanwhile, she was altering as someone with a completely different tone! (Read: nasty, terse, insulting.) Her posts were exclusively political and she didn’t seem at all unsophisticated. Well, she only parroted prevalent talking points from extreme right-wing sources, but she was definitely very engaged. I still remember reading the post where she accidentally outed herself. I kept looking from the nasty words to the avatar that belonged to this folksy someone I liked and thought I “knew” here. There was absolutely no “tell” and the transformation was astonishing. Truth be told, I think there’s a chance she’s returned in one or another incarnation since then. So very very odd. And eye-opening. Was she the one with the man in the Walmart bag? |
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Post by sassyangel on Jan 12, 2022 15:21:12 GMT
I remember this happening with somebody whose “real” name was devilsomething - devildog? Downstate Illinois?Indiana? Very nice. Chatty. Polite. Mostly posted about normal Pea stuff, but when she did post on political threads she claimed she was unsophisticated about politics and had just started paying attention. I answered specific questions she had about politics/government/ideology and she always thanked me and said it was helpful. Meanwhile, she was altering as someone with a completely different tone! (Read: nasty, terse, insulting.) Her posts were exclusively political and she didn’t seem at all unsophisticated. Well, she only parroted prevalent talking points from extreme right-wing sources, but she was definitely very engaged. I still remember reading the post where she accidentally outed herself. I kept looking from the nasty words to the avatar that belonged to this folksy someone I liked and thought I “knew” here. There was absolutely no “tell” and the transformation was astonishing. Truth be told, I think there’s a chance she’s returned in one or another incarnation since then. So very very odd. And eye-opening. Was she the one with the man in the Walmart bag? Yes, I’d forgotten about that one- but I agree with Amelia in that one *was* a shock. That was someone who truly played at being two entirely different kinds of people, when you compared them. |
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pinklady
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Post by pinklady on Jan 12, 2022 15:22:52 GMT
I remember that one. I actually saw AN post as her alter by mistake. muggins wasn't the only one who saw that. I remember being really surprised, because the alter was super mean and not at all like AN's usual posts. Those who were surprised either had a short memory or hadn’t been around in earlier years.  AN and before that AshleyNicole, was an asshole under her regular ID but for reasons I’ll never understand, she got a pass. For the record her mother was a dick too. |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 12, 2022 15:26:20 GMT
thought Angel97701 died. She had a little boy who was disabled and a nasty husband. That was DarkAngel - with the really bad spelling |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 12, 2022 15:41:07 GMT
AN and before that AshleyNicole, was an asshole under her regular ID but for reasons I’ll never understand, she got a pass. For the record her mother was a dick too. 100% agree. Some people just get fawned over...I think it's a left over from the old board with the wolves that would hunt in packs and take down the weaker members...people were worried that they'd be next so they always made nice with the (perceived) leaders and BF was one of them I was a target a number of times and then one time I called AN a fat cow and I had a swarm of women lecturing me that "children are off limits" FFS that bitch was about 30yo by then! I was a little surprised that Steph seemed to be her main target though. There's no rules about self promotion or selling on this board so I'm not sure why she got so bent out of shape about a few dildos. I believe it was her (the proof lies in the fact that neither of them ever posted again) but it just seemed to be a random thing to get worked up about. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jan 12, 2022 16:07:02 GMT
Using an alter for an extremely personal or potentially embarrassing post is understandable. I think I used an alter a few times for personal reasons I didn't want the subject to be linked to me.. I don't even remember what it could have been it's been so many years ago. But to be mean or troll around, that is just weird and rude. I was just wondering why the alter on the Jeopardy thread.... I totally missed the mark on that one. Someone started the thread about how awesome the current winner is but deleted their account and then another person brought it back to the top just a random congrats post and all of it makes no sense to me. (if anyone cares to explain what happened there) lol zingermack deleted her account for a "fresh" start and created zima. She bumped her own old thread about jeopardy. Now explaining why for either of those things I can't help you, as they don't make any sense to me either. |
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Post by pinklady on Jan 12, 2022 16:10:13 GMT
I’m not talking about those Peas who use them to discuss highly personal things that they don’t necessarily want people to associate forever with their Peaname. I understand this but what I don't understand is why someone creates an alter for their divorce drama and then post under both the alter and real ID? It's happening currently and makes no sense. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 16:24:48 GMT
At first glance, I read antlers. The point of antlers.  I don’t understand it either. Unless you are posting on a sensitive personal subject, why make a secondary account or delete one for the purpose of opening another one? |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jan 12, 2022 16:26:39 GMT
When I moderated an online board years ago, people created alters to back themselves up in arguments. Hmmm... thinking where could I get an alter to back myself up in disagreements with my husband? Then the vote would be 2 to 1 for that outdoor project I want to do that he's balking at. Lol. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 16:27:29 GMT
zingermack deleted her account for a "fresh" start and created zima. So have many others. But I'm just so fascinating to some that they mark it and call it out - repeatedly. *blushes* I'm so touched. |
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mystydog
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Post by mystydog on Jan 12, 2022 16:36:17 GMT
My Mystydog name is well known to my family.
I created an alter name about 13 years ago on 2 Peas.
My mum had been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and I was asking questions about what happens at the end.
I was scared my mum might accidentally come across the post if she searched my name.
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Post by Gennifer on Jan 12, 2022 16:39:23 GMT
Other than the aforementioned personal issues, which I totally get, creating an alter or second profile is stupid. 🤷🏼♀️
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Post by gar on Jan 12, 2022 16:47:07 GMT
zingermack deleted her account for a "fresh" start and created zima. So have many others. But I'm just so fascinating to some that they mark it and call it out - repeatedly. *blushes* I'm so touched. To be fair, there’s usually there’s been some event or falling out, to warrant a fresh start, or some time away from the board, but that wasn’t the case for you. |
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 12, 2022 16:49:53 GMT
I can’t imagine creating an alter ego just to be a bitch. I can do that as myself. I own what I say, however embarrassing it may be sometimes. We all have bad days or misunderstandings of what we thought someone meant, own it. Nobody’s perfect. As for conservatives seemingly the only owners of alters? No idea why that would be. I've had days where I sit on my hands rather than responding in a way I might regret later and definitely have misread and been misread by others here. At the least, altering for non-privacy reasons is objectively dishonest and most probably manipulative. And here, especially, it’s a violation of a small, long-standing community. This ain’t Reddit. Especially the bolded. |
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Post by artbabe on Jan 12, 2022 16:53:12 GMT
thought Angel97701 died. She had a little boy who was disabled and a nasty husband. That was DarkAngel - with the really bad spelling I didn't know she died. That is so sad. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 16:53:32 GMT
So have many others. But I'm just so fascinating to some that they mark it and call it out - repeatedly. *blushes* I'm so touched. To be fair, there’s usually there’s been some event or falling out, to warrant a fresh start, or some time away from the board, but that wasn’t the case for you. Noted. Next time (in about 5 years when I do it again), I'll be sure take some time out first. 
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jan 12, 2022 16:59:45 GMT
zingermack deleted her account for a "fresh" start and created zima. So have many others. But I'm just so fascinating to some that they mark it and call it out - repeatedly. *blushes* I'm so touched. Someone asked a question, get over yourself. |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 12, 2022 17:01:00 GMT
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Post by compeateropeator on Jan 12, 2022 17:25:15 GMT
I did miss that! will have to go and read that thread now. I can't answer your question because I just made the point with "zima" who deleted all her posts to "start fresh" and yet continues to post in exactly the same way and even on the same threads. She confessed but it doesn't change anything because if anyone want to check her stance on anything in the past - it is now untraceable. To me it just means you can't believe anything they say because they don't have the conviction to stand by their past words. They mostly get outed anyway and then they're even more humiliated. They must think they will fool everyone but they are rarely smart enough for that. I thought Angel97701 died. She had a little boy who was disabled and a nasty husband. That was Darkangel. ETA - Sorry, I see this was already answered. |
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Post by papersilly on Jan 12, 2022 17:49:26 GMT
i think sometimes a tragedy or issue can happen. a pea may want to have an alter just to talk about that specific thing without connecting it to their usual ID. some peas are very open with their lives but maybe they might not want to be just as open with a certain issue. once they are done with that issue, they go back to their original ID. that's my theory.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jan 12, 2022 18:16:48 GMT
I assume nowadays most alters are for political threads ETA: or deeply personal topics. The names in the OP are unfamiliar to me so I assume they were active in political threads. The current polarization of politics online ruins a lot of former escapes. I stopped reading political threads here because there were some peas that become unhinged in some threads and it does color my view of them. And it wasn’t their political slant it was their treatment of others. I’d rather be ignorant of the seedier side of some pea behavior.
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Post by melanell on Jan 12, 2022 18:17:27 GMT
Using an alter for an extremely personal or potentially embarrassing post is understandable. I agree. Plus, often in cases like that, the poster comes right out and alerts readers to the fact that they are using an alter, anyway. We've seen that here several times over the years. "I'm not really a new Pea,....." or "Sorry for the anonymous post, but...." or "Old Pea here. I have a problem,....." or that kind of thing. |
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Post by MichyM on Jan 12, 2022 18:23:14 GMT
So have many others. But I'm just so fascinating annoying to some that they mark it and call it out - repeatedly. *blushes* I'm so touched. Someone asked a question, get over yourself. There I fixed it. Zima/Zingermack, I'm sure you're a lovely person IRL, but changing your name and deleting your name off of all your previous posts is annoying, not fascinating. If you think otherwise, you're fooling yourself. |
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Post by melanell on Jan 12, 2022 18:25:30 GMT
I’m not talking about those Peas who use them to discuss highly personal things that they don’t necessarily want people to associate forever with their Peaname. I understand this but what I don't understand is why someone creates an alter for their divorce drama and then post under both the alter and real ID? It's happening currently and makes no sense. I imagine that if I thought that my DH might be checking up on my online activity, I'd know that he may be aware of the name "melanell" by now. He doesn't really have a thing to do with my online time now, and he's awful with names, but still, I've been using that name here for close to 20 years now, so there's a decent chance he's seen or heard it at some point. So if I wanted to come here and talk about the best ways to deal with him in regards to a divorce, I might opt to use a name he'd be less likely to recognize if he decided to go snooping around. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 18:29:20 GMT
I kind of like the idea of having an alter to back myself up with or to argue with me, it sounds like fun  |
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pinklady
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Post by pinklady on Jan 12, 2022 18:29:41 GMT
I understand this but what I don't understand is why someone creates an alter for their divorce drama and then post under both the alter and real ID? It's happening currently and makes no sense. I imagine that if I thought that my DH might be checking up on my online activity, I'd know that he may be aware of the name "melanell" by now. He doesn't really have a thing to do with my online time now, and he's awful with names, but still, I've been using that name here for close to 20 years now, so there's a decent chance he's seen or heard it at some point. So if I wanted to come here and talk about the best ways to deal with him in regards to a divorce, I might opt to use a name he'd be less likely to recognize if he decided to go snooping around. I understand that. What I don't get is why post divorce drama under the alter AND post divorce drama under the real ID. That makes no sense. |
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Post by melanell on Jan 12, 2022 18:38:19 GMT
I imagine that if I thought that my DH might be checking up on my online activity, I'd know that he may be aware of the name "melanell" by now. He doesn't really have a thing to do with my online time now, and he's awful with names, but still, I've been using that name here for close to 20 years now, so there's a decent chance he's seen or heard it at some point. So if I wanted to come here and talk about the best ways to deal with him in regards to a divorce, I might opt to use a name he'd be less likely to recognize if he decided to go snooping around. I understand that. What I don't get is why post divorce drama under the alter AND post divorce drama under the real ID. That makes no sense. Well, if I really though DH might go snooping, then I could see myself opting to still talk about the divorce under "melanell" to make it less likely that he'd go looking for another name. He might find it odd if I wasn't mentioning anything at all about something so huge going on in my life. If he saw me posting about the divorce under the name he recognized, though, he would just figure that was all I was saying and move on. Or, if I wanted to tell a story of some craptastic thing he did and hope he'd see a bunch other people agreeing that he was being an ass, then I'd be sure to go ahead and post that under "melanell".  But if I was asking advice, then I'd likely post that under the new name. There's always the chance that I might simply mess up and post under the wrong name, too. Plus, earlier posts before I decided to start a second name might keep getting bumped, making it appear even more like I was posting under both names. Or maybe sometimes I just didn't care and didn't realize others would care, either. |
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jan 12, 2022 18:51:06 GMT
zingermack deleted her account for a "fresh" start and created zima. So have many others. But I'm just so fascinating to some that they mark it and call it out - repeatedly. *blushes* I'm so touched. I hardly consider a new user name an alter, particularly when you deleted the prior account AND told us all who you are. |
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AN and before that AshleyNicole, was an asshole under her regular ID but for reasons I’ll never understand, she got a pass. 
But if I was asking advice, then I'd likely post that under the new name.