I don't think many people consciously try to guess anonymous posters. But if someone writes in a really distinctive way you can't help but know exactly who it is.
Imagine someone you know in real life decided to greet you wearing a mask, new clothes and something to disguise their voice. You'd still recognise them because you know their personality and the sort of things they say and the way they say them.
There's nothing systematic or deliberate about it. It's just being perceptive, and there are plenty of perceptive people on this site.
You seem to believe that this stuff works on the internet which it does not. You can not hear, see or touch a figure online. All you have is words. Why things like sarcasm do not translate well. In fact the only way you can do sarcasm is if something already had a negative connotation.
An example of this is "Yeah right". Certain phrases unintentionally bring up negative connotations often because they are phrases which are overused sarcastically. So now everyone views them as sarcastic, if they are meant to come out this way or not.
So its silly that you make it seem as though we can actually see the person we are talking too since generally we cant. That is a awful comparison and it does not apply at all to this discussion. That would work if we were talking about real life but you must remember this is online. So identifying someones writing is completely different from identifying a person in real life.
Which either means that this is deliberate or something some people simply pick up. That is like saying everyone is going to use a computer and automatically figure out to hack. Not everyone is going to learn how to hack. Some people are also taught to hack. You can not assume simply having a computer makes you a hacker. That is a silly notion.
IIN I think the OP option has become pointless thanks to the community
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I don't think many people consciously try to guess anonymous posters. But if someone writes in a really distinctive way you can't help but know exactly who it is.
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I cant guess who people are. I also know others who cant. We sit here trying to figure out how it is you all are identifying them.
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Imagine someone you know in real life decided to greet you wearing a mask, new clothes and something to disguise their voice. You'd still recognise them because you know their personality and the sort of things they say and the way they say them.
There's nothing systematic or deliberate about it. It's just being perceptive, and there are plenty of perceptive people on this site.
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You seem to believe that this stuff works on the internet which it does not. You can not hear, see or touch a figure online. All you have is words. Why things like sarcasm do not translate well. In fact the only way you can do sarcasm is if something already had a negative connotation.
An example of this is "Yeah right". Certain phrases unintentionally bring up negative connotations often because they are phrases which are overused sarcastically. So now everyone views them as sarcastic, if they are meant to come out this way or not.
So its silly that you make it seem as though we can actually see the person we are talking too since generally we cant. That is a awful comparison and it does not apply at all to this discussion. That would work if we were talking about real life but you must remember this is online. So identifying someones writing is completely different from identifying a person in real life.
Which either means that this is deliberate or something some people simply pick up. That is like saying everyone is going to use a computer and automatically figure out to hack. Not everyone is going to learn how to hack. Some people are also taught to hack. You can not assume simply having a computer makes you a hacker. That is a silly notion.