Comments on: Aardvark don't care about your user privacy

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:17:24 +0000

Yeah I suppose I could try. That’d of course mean contacting them again and asking that they update my account details (if they still exist).

Or I could just not bother as I haven’t really missed using the service over the past year or so. I kinda think trying to use Aardvark for local Taiwan info might be a bit of a futile excercise somehow .

Moral of the story: don’t piss your loyal users off with whiny crap like demanding they use their real names.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:37:35 +0000

Making up a name is a good option. Or maybe simply putting in something that DOES pass their name filter. Simply

Ozso Apbox would probably pass. It has reasonable vowels and stuff. It is obvious that they are using an algorithm to check all the names. You simply need to fly below the radar.

The USERS certainly won’t flag you if the Q and A are good.

And if you want, you can put OzSoapBox in you signature so the reader gets it.

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:09:22 +0000

I could just make up a name but how is that any more facilitating in “building trust in answering and asking questions”?

A good answer is a good answer, it shouldn’t matter what the person chooses to call themselves.

By: Cuteface

Cuteface — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:13:17 +0000

Can’t you make up a name? Like Tom or David or Mark etc. They won’t be able to find out will they?