IPreferRealPeople
Real Connections, Real Community
Is a person more likely to join a community online, if they see that there are real people involved? Are they less likely to participate in an online community with characters like RedDog88, Snivelcritter, etc?
Professionalism, trust, and community all emerge, when real people are involved, standing behind their work. Using your real name substantiates your commitment to transparency and allows others to better collaborate with you. It also creates a greater investment in your work.
Using a real name, however, is not a requirement for participation -- look around, get your bearings, and once you come to know the vibrant, trusting community at AboutUs, make the switch.
You'll see many of our community members making posts, edits and suggestion using their real names. We encourage you to do the same.
Connecting to the Core
RealPeople is central to our mission at AboutUs of connecting people and organizations and it provides a vital component to our Core of values. The openness of RealPeople requires a trust in the community that arises only when you AssumeGoodFaith. It is also helps catalyze the communication necessary to creating a consensus, a vital part of the communal work of ItsAboutUs. Using real names also helps the effort to BeABuilder because it allows community members to recognize each others' accomplishments and reward and recognize each other.
Other Communities that also Prefer RealPeople
- PortlandPatternRepository
- MeatballWiki
- Citizendium.org RecentChanges (weblog post Real names are better)
Okay! Switch Me!
I'd like to switch to my real name but my account is already using a Pseudonym. Please switch me to my real name:
- Switch name here NOTE: Sometimes it takes a little time to get noticed, but the switch will happen :-)
- Nick Burrus was Skydork
- cindy krcmarik was User:Ckrcmarik
- Drew Myers ... was User:Dclacroix
- DannyG ... was User:Master Baitor
Spread the Word
The following list of folks understand and practice the WikiWayLesson described on this page. Furthermore, they are actively propagating the RealPeople Meme by adding {{Badge:IPreferRealPeople}} to their PersonalPage.
