Comments on: What's wrong with my name? http://cjlevinson.com/2008/04/23/whats-wrong-with-my-name/ The Blog of CJ Levinson Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Childhood Dreams « CJ Writer http://cjlevinson.com/2008/04/23/whats-wrong-with-my-name/#comment-6750 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:45:18 +0000 http://cjwriter.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-6750 [...] several months ago that changed. It started with a comment I received on my blog about my name, that I used CJ rather than Christopher. It was just a troll [...]

]]> By: cj http://cjlevinson.com/2008/04/23/whats-wrong-with-my-name/#comment-6761 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:29:57 +0000 http://cjwriter.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-6761 Hi, geezzzz, do I need to change mine too !!! lol

CJ: I wonder how many CJs there are in the world? Perhaps we could start an uprising. ;)

]]> By: paul1701 http://cjlevinson.com/2008/04/23/whats-wrong-with-my-name/#comment-6760 Wed, 07 May 2008 22:19:56 +0000 http://cjwriter.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-6760 pseudonyms – use ‘em all the time. We can’t have the real me getting confused with the guy who writes stuff – particularly the type of material I dream up. I’d probably lose my job. Here I’m Paul1701: On my other space I’m Tooty Nolan. Of course if you’re clever enough you can work out my real name from those rather blatant giveaways. Still if you want to be CJ – then CJ you are – and that’s an end to it. Delete that silly-bugger comment.

CJ: Hi Paul, I agree; a pseudonym can be a useful way of differentiating between different genres and styles, or just for anonymity with your writing. I think that’s particularly important online, as your writing might be around forever. Not using your full name just seems like common sense, so I still don’t see the problem! Just a troll, I guess.

I’ve deleted the worst of the comments; I’ll leave the other two up for now so he can’t say I’m censoring him but I might delete the others later. At the least it’s made me value legitimate comments all the more! Thanks for stopping by. :)

]]> By: B0bbyG http://cjlevinson.com/2008/04/23/whats-wrong-with-my-name/#comment-6759 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:43:57 +0000 http://cjwriter.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-6759 I agree. CJ isn’t even a pseudonym – it’s your nickname, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with blogging under a nickname – I do so myself!

I wouldn’t pay any attention to a troll like that – attention is probably exactly what s/he is after.

CJ: Yeah, it’s just a nickname; we all use them, which is why the comments seemed so strange! I suppose cjwriter might be a pseudonym, at least online, but my name is visible if someone looks. That’s the whole idea; I want people to be able find me!

I’ve deleted the last two comments and hopefully he won’t come back again. If he does, I’ll ignore him. Silence is golden, after all. ;)

]]> By: ellaella http://cjlevinson.com/2008/04/23/whats-wrong-with-my-name/#comment-6758 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:10:46 +0000 http://cjwriter.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-6758 They seem like trolling comments to me. I don’t get a lot of nutcase comments but I get some and unless they’re full of vile profanity or advocating hate, I leave them. If they don’t mind showing total strangers what idiots they are, I don’t mind letting strangers see for themselves.

I like initials – the gender-neutral aspect is appealing.

CJ: I think you’re right; the last two comments I deleted kept trying to bait me, so definitely a troll. There was just something strange that put me off… almost like you’re not sure if he’s serious.

There seems to be a spate of it at the moment, though. I’ve seen a number of blogs with off-topic comments and another blogger was viciously attacked on her own blog. Perhaps that’s another reason to leave the comments if they don’t disrupt the thread… it reflects more on them than you, in the end.

I like the gender-neutral aspect too; that’s one reason I liked CJ… and I’m sure JK Rowling’s not complaining either! :)

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