Have manners died on the internet, on sites like this?

Hi. I’m Norm. I’m a lumberjack from northern Wisconsin. I like long walks in the park, flannel, and sometimes pretend I’m the Queen of Sweden.

Interesting point... In the Q &As i just rely on my username, but in messages, yeah i airways introduce myself... It's nice to know who your chatting with

I think thats totslly up to the person themselves wether they want to or not and has nothing to do with anybody else.

Hello my name is.......
But wont share it unless I get to know someone very well.
Its just my thing.
I love being anonymous because its accepted here.
Im very polite to everyone and the majority of users are also polite on here.
If someone offends you all you have to do is block em.

yeah, anonymity tends to give us a "bravery" that we wouldn't have ina face to face meeting.

but take heart. there are some nice people - men and women on the site. it's like prospecting for gold sometimes.

I don't think most people think of a formal introduction being necessary on internet sites because they generally have a name and avatar and site profile conspicuously on view when they contact you.

If I wanted my name known, it would be my username as well. I do share it. [b]After[/b] I have gotten to know someone. I fail to see what tidbits you would learn by immediately knowing my true name. A name given to me by my parents and revealing nothing about my personality or standards. So I suppose I'll just have to refrain from contacting you since this goes against all manners in your book. I try not to judge others. And accept them as they are. Those are among my beliefs regarding manners.

Do you introduce yourself to random people on the street?

I am so much in love with life full of manners and ethics.

I don’t have a [b]lot[/b] of experience on the internet, but it seems to work best if you either accept people as you find them, or move on. There’s so much in your face rudeness that can occur (often for no reason) that someone neglecting to tell me their actual given name is really low on the list of things that bother me.
Of course, I’ve received posts like
so I may just be jaded. 🤔

Wise words. Many Americans won't like this comment, I don't care, but I'm from the neighbouring country and I actually see why sometimes in their culture why I would never trust anyone. I see it spilling over into my country, in culture and politic, and if I try to be different from the status quo culture I'm called out for being naive.

The way to find culture and understanding together is not through distrust and carrying on the mistrust bred in this culture. They say you learn more from being open and vulnerable, but even when I look south, I can't imagine being. 😥

Hmm, I have never considered anything of that nature. I am somewhat of an internet old guard though. To me, expecting introductions with first names and using them casually online is considered bad manners.

To me, providing a first name on initial contact is very unusual. Names are something that get exchanged when you decide to take things further than simple internet correspondence. I started using the internet art a time where screen names were the norm. The name you see as the forum poster or the chat participant IS the identity of the person you are speaking to. And trying to dig into IRL without some established bond is seen as rude.

So it may not be that people are discourteous, but that we are operating on different expectations of courtesy on the internet.

I do apologize, you’re right. And we are less inhibited in our interactions here which is both good and bad.

People who message us know us as Gary and Lynn. That's as much as we are comfortable to reveal.

Manners still live in me, both on and off the internet.

This is the Internet. It's its own country with its own cultural values