Is it weird to be an American interested in Canadian news?

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    2 months ago

    Also, I question how active you really are if you don’t recognize my username because I have been very active for over a year now. Too active because I have too much time on my hands. I have maintained the same username throughout four different instances.

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      2 months ago

      Good Lord did you read that out loud before you posted it? I mean you have to know how that sounds right?

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        2 months ago

        I recognize frequent posters, so I assume others do too, but I guess not.

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            2 months ago

            Not at all what I was going for, but I can see you thinking that. I think recognizing frequent posters is kind of just a basic level of awareness thing, but it’s totally fair that plenty of people might not read usernames, might not be as chronically online as I am, or otherwise have a reason that they don’t recognize frequent posters.

            I just thought it was ridiculous that this person tried to discount what I had to say simply by the fact that I am currently using a relatively new account.

    • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Anyone can make an account on a new instance with that name and claim to be the original person, so “same name, difference instance” isn’t a way to tell who someone is. When you spin up a new account, it’s a new account.

      That being said, I don’t think your post history is highly questionable.

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        2 months ago

        That’s true, but I have to ever encounter anyone on any platform using this particular name. Which is nice. But yeah, anyone could try to pretend to be me.