h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Violent Duplicity, (I'll stick to the full name, as the initials aren't very flattering. ) You came and said hi to me, so I thought I'd do my ACEly duty by coming to say hi back. From the sound of your Personal Space you've been here before, or at least lurked, but it's always nice to have a message on your space.

Welcome to the Earth Edition of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I’m an Assistant Community Editor (ACE) and it’s my pleasure to help you settle in and help out in anyway I can. Click the reply button below this post if you’d like to answer, otherwise, enjoy your stay.

You might like to check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A559523. It’s a page I’ve written that has some links you might find useful. If you’d like to visit me, click my name at the top of this post and you’ll come directly to my personal space.

Hi,

I absolutely categorically deny that I've ever been here before, heard of you, used this website or ever seen or heard anything the BBC has ever produced or broadcast in any form. What on earth makes you think that? I'm just a guy who's come to have a nice time on what looks like a nice website with nice people like you.

I'm grateful for the links. They'll come in very useful for explaining later how come I know all about the site and how to use smileys and links and stuff so quickly after joining. Great!

VD

oops

- well that didn't take long did it??

Hint: If you really want to have 2 identities you should keep them clear and separate in your own mind

SPRUNG!!!

Try five...

I absolutely categorically deny that the person calling themselves "Satyaselfdownandhaveacuppa" is anything to do with me or lives on the same planet.

We are NOT the same person. They're OBVIOUSLY just maliciously pretending to be me to make me look bad. They're obviously just mimicking my writing style (they even said "absolutely categorically deny" just like me... oh hang on they said it first - but look at their space, they've got some kind of timewarp thing going on where stuff happens BEFORE what caused it, so that explains it).

This is appalling and shouldn't be allowed. How dare you suggest that I might have two identities running on this site at the same time? Don't you think I have a life?



VD, NOT anyone else, and CERTAINLY not the owner of two identities on this site!

Isn't there a quote that goes ...

"Confusion, thy name is ... is .... is..... undecided"

I absolutely categorically deny that there is any such quote. I'll keep on denying it, even if you buy the book it's printed in, liquidise it and feed it to me through a tube.

I absolutely categorically deny that I am confused. I KNOW who I am. That other person must be mad, or just trying to make me look bad. Is that allowed here? I'm not sure I like it any more. There, that didn't take long either, did it?

VD

Awwww ... there, there, - well, if you don't like it here you can always go off and be someone else for a while

Aww go on - stick it out. Don't show yourself to be just a big chicken.

*Spits out white feather*

I WILL stick it out, Tefkat, if only to show people I can. I'll be here if you'd like a Tefchat.

VD (catch me if you can)

Ohndear oh deary me. Some people just don't have the skill to keep alternate persona's going.

So says someone who was once number 1 and 2 in the most posts with two different personas.

Look, I absolutely categorically deny that I have more than one ID here.

There's obviously something going on that I don't know about. Who is this guy "Satya" thing anyway? He's not ME, that's for f*****g sure.

So, Uncle Demon Drawer, if you're such an ACE, and a GURU to boot, perhaps you can explain to me why people are allowed to come here and post pretending they're me, even though they've got a different name? How does that work?

I've used a lot of online communities in my time, and this one seems REALLY WEIRD already, within less than 12 hours. Well done.

..................................here we go again..................

I absolutely categorically deny that we are going here again.

What on earth do you mean? Where is "here", anyway? I have NO idea what you mean. I've been here less than a day and people are already, bizarrely, making cryptic statements at me like "here we go again"?

What's with this place?

this is cyber-space - where no-one can hear you scream

And that's supposed to make me feel BETTER? Try wishing wellness to me, I could use it right now

What I really want to know is... did you YIKES /that/ other ID that isn't you either?

Blimey! That was quick.

B

If anyone can please explain what these last two messages are about, I'd be grateful. I'm not sure I understand the jargon. What is YIKES? How do I do those little smiley faces and stuff? And what, exactly, was quick?

I've not been here long and I'm confused already...