Peter Spier wrote:
Station_two,
…There is a second bug, or possibly it is a feature, in the forum software where users see their real names rather than their screen names on their own screens, but rest assured that if you crave anonymity other users see only your screen name unless you do a screen capture and choose not to remove your name from the image manually.
Thank you for the courtesy of your reply.
That's what I did, Peter, I posted screenshots showing my email address without blacking it out. I also posted my original now read-only account (created July 27, 2006) showing a total of 1,465 points, and one deactivated account, created August 22 2009, where I'm credited with 1,960 points. Anyone with host or moderator permissions can verify those. My current account, active since May 12,2012 shows 1,480 points. That's a combined total of 4,905 points that mean and have always meant zilch to me. I had to look them up today.
When the pertinent Firefox add-on scripts managed variously by Grease Monkey and/or Stylish still worked on forum software, I had them set up even to hide avatars, points, and silly little tags like "Staff, Community Expert" and MVP. I never even thought about the points or cared one bit about them.
The only way to see a user's actual point count is to go to their profile page.
Unless, or even if, I had known about that umpteenth bug, I would not have had any incentive to dig that deeply. Thank you for the enlightenment.