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Milky Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Does your pseudonym affect the way you are treated?

Does the pseudonym that you use on English language fora affect the way you are treated?

"In an experiment that I conducted some time ago I found that many instances of stylistic and idiomatic oddities that I had deliberately introduced in a piece of writing were noted and corrected by unknown referee readers, but exactly similar errors were untouched when I used an Anglo-Saxon-sounding pseudonym!"

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Hi milky, You asked: Does the pseudonym that you use on English language fora affect the way you are treated? Yes, I think it does. What some people consider even more important, though, is your post rank, location, and whether or not you're a proficient speaker/trusted user/moderator/administrator.

— Englishuser

  • Hi milky, You asked: Does the pseudonym that you use on English language fora affect the way you are treated?
  • Yes, I think it does.
  • What some people consider even more important, though, is your post rank, location, and whether or not you're a proficient speaker/trusted user/moderator/administrator.
  • What do you think, milky?
  • Englishuser
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Hi milky,

You asked:
Does the pseudonym that you use on English language fora affect the way you are treated?
Yes, I think it does. What some people consider even more important, though, is your post rank, location, and whether or not you're a proficient speaker/trusted user/moderator/administrator. What do you think, milky?

Englishuser
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EnglishuserHi milky,

You asked:
Does the pseudonym that you use on English language fora affect the way you are treated?
Yes, I think it does. What some people consider even more important, though, is your post rank, location, and whether or not you're a proficient speaker/trusted user/moderator/administrator. What do you think, milk
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Hi milky,

What about labels such as 'moderator' and 'proficient speaker'? Do you think the system works?

Englishuser
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"Moderator" is fine, but "Proficient User" leaves me wondering.
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Hi milky,

You said:
"Proficient User" leaves me wondering.
Why?

Englishuser
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EnglishuserHi milky,

You said:
"Proficient User" leaves me wondering.
Why?

Englishuser

Because I wonder why it is necessary to advertise such.
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