Who Should Jon Be

[cico7]

The question was raised and I thought it worth discussion or perhaps a vote.

Should Jon retain dual identities or become one with himself?

[cico7]

I think the single identity for 2 reasons:
1) Forum has a rule about having only one sign on and forum name
2) The more the name is seen, the more it is remembered. Nothing limits the posting of the manufacturer, unless you are
commenting on the thread of another manufacturer.....at that point, he should not comment if offers a competing part.

[DetroitMarauder]

I chose the first option. As I said in the thread he started, he owns the forum so he can with it what he wants. I'll trust him to keep the two separate.

[LWM]

Great question, and thanks for asking it. I look forward to the discussion.

My reason for two identities was this; Knappster is a regular owner of an XK who started a forum and wants to be just one of the guys. Steel Armadillo is a business and as such has it's own identity. It would be much easier for me to always log in as one ID and I am all for it unless there is a swing that suggests two identities makes more sense.

[Steel Armadillo]

I read the comments in the other thread and until the discussion comes to a conclusion I will use this ID for posting.

[Matt]

While I see Jon's point with keeping his knappster name as an "enthusiast", I think doing so has negative consequences on members who do not know he is the owner of SA.

To quote myself from the previous thread:

As far as the "two names" is concerned.... I think the two names are somewhat necessary. BUT, especially for the sake of new members, I think he should post primarily under the SA name. Its very confusing when he switches names mid-thread.

The knappster name should be used only in the "site comments/suggestions forum" where you would expect to receive feedback from an "administrator" OR in other forums when the topic pertains to site related issues. $.02


..... think of it this way, should vendors be allowed to have a non-vendor name to post under as well? I don't think so, otherwise they could post bias "reviews" for their products and the members would think its a "user" review which is a bit deceptive.

Edit: not saying that Jon would be deceptive on purpose. But as we've learned there are already members who didn't know he was the same person on both names. .... so up until now, his posts under the knappster name look like a forum regular promoting a business they like, not an owner promoting his own business.

EDIT:
To be clear, I voted for option 1 only because I think Jon should use Knappster ID for answering/resolving administrative/forum issues.

[cico7]

Big Gun
Top Dawg
HA, Lord of the Forum!

[LWM]

I do have one I made way back in the beginning for the fun of it... Commander & Chief

[Matt]

I do have one I made way back in the beginning for the fun of it... Commander & Chief

So what's your current thought on this? Going to post primarily under Knappster?

I've noticed that you usually take the advice of the group and add your own final touches on..... so far always resulting in a positive end result. Any twists coming for the multiple personalities formerly known as "Jon" ? Lol

[cico7]

Out of all people you think my comments were offensive?

the term offensive is relative, objectionable is a better descriptor. But as you see, i am not the only person who felt you were out of order.