I sometimes post from work, and I don't sign in there.  Some habitual paranoiacs have said that I'm "sneaking in."  But JU has options, yo, eh?  You can stop any non-registered user from saying anything -- even if they just don't wanna sign in.

But some of us LIKE anonymous posters.  They provide a nice break from the typical conservative crap that most JU posters spout.  This site has become a den of the minorty, like Little Green Footballs, or the Free Republic.

How amusing.  I'm a registered user, but I've posted anonymously on my own threads (using my JU name) because I didn't feel like downloading a Stardock cookie onto my machine.

so ban 'em, what do I care.  Just be aware that sometimes, we type from computers we don't want to log in on.

 

There's an edit hyperlink at the bottom of each article - Pseudosoldier

I primarily use FireFox and with it, the 'edit' button hasn't shown up at the bottom of my articles.

I used Internet Explorer to check against, 'lo and behold!' it showed up!

I wonder if this is a cookie issue? I have JU as an exception to my otherwise restricted cookies for Firefox but I can't think of any other reason as to why Internet Explorer isn't showing any problems.

Bloggers have the ability to decide who can read their individual posts. - Draginol

Sure, but I was talking about the prospect of banning anonymous users from posting at all, not simply restricting their ability to read some users posts.

I guess, in the end, the way JU is is as perfect as it can be made.

*shrug*

Just be aware that sometimes, we type from computers we don't want to log in on. -Myrrander

Yes, I did a bit of that last summer, and sometimes (as in a University Computer Lab) one must have administrative access to get a cookie, so anonymous log in is one's only hope.

They provide a nice break from the typical conservative crap that most JU posters spout. - Myrrander

Anonymous posters are 'new blood' that help keep JU from becoming stagnant and at times bring in quality new users. That is very important to this community, however, those serious enough to actually become members of it, I hope, are probably the ones you want to stick around anyway. Certainly there are some glaring exceptions to that rule, but from a communal perspective, it's better to have a sub-par neighbor that can be held accountable then a quality visitor that can disappear at will.

One last bit, Myrr, the people over at FreeRepublic are much closer to actual conservatives then (respectfully) most anyone at JU.

...I was too distracted by the fact that you had capitalized it at the end of your message. - Pseudosoldier

I often capitalize people's handles as a sign of respect, informalize people's handles to show comraderie, and de-capitalize to show disrespect.

An eccentricity of mine.

I like trolls, they liven things up, and even spambots have resurrected old articles of mine for renewed conversation, which can also be a plus.

Plus, for the real points whores, it ups the ante just a bit (5 points, after all) for all those spams . . . I'm sure attention whores don't mind.

well I'm kind of partial to anonymous bloggers because I was one for months before I finally joined. As long at they have something to say and contribute fairly to the posts I say give them a chance. Maybe they, like me, will eventually hang out for a while....... and for the others, if they don't behave......well shoot em....with the delete button that is.   

Plus and minus, I'm just glad JU has some discussion going on.

I've seen some of the rambling comments and spam stuff - it is annoying.

And for those, there is always the delete button!

And of course, there are some registered users who can't figure out how to use the quote feature.

I guess the most annoying troll has been an anonymous poster who has taken it upon him / herself to hound me with cut'n'paste whenever posting on someone else's blog who does not restrict themselves to only registered users.

I don't want to ask every maintainer of each and every blog whom I post on to please change their settings at my behest. Because of the behaviour of this poster, I am effectively being curtailed from posting freely without the anon's idiotic, often off- topic cut and paste antics derived from 'The Matrix', 'Billy Madison', and any Bush speech.

What is most annoying is the incredible lack of effort shamelessly displayed by the poster. Only one other poster has called 'Obsession' or 'Frodo' on his conduct.

This poster has reached 'Sir Peter Maxwell' annoyance status. Any help from the JU community would be greatly appreciated.

And of course, there are some registered users who can't figure out how to use the quote feature. - Iconoclast

I don't like to use the big ugly yellow JU boxes for automatic quotation. I prefer the svelte italics journalists use when quoting others.

I do a lot of quoting of sources and when I used to use the quotation feature at JU, my posts were sometimes accused of 'hijacking' threads because of the sheer amount of space they would consume.

Something must have changed since the new forum layout. I go to 'tools', 'edit', then three tabs; 'contents', 'options', and 'previews' show up, but none of them have an option to change to only registered users.

Go to the old JU blog page click edit on your article and sort it from there. It wont work in the forums edit page. (leastways do not think so)