Reply #73: This might also keep us from running off good ones.

[smartvoter]

I was called a freeper several times when I started posting here. My guess is that if a trail existed, I wouldn't have been called one at all because the accusers could see that I have been actively supporting the cause.

I just read a threat wherein a new person said it's getting old to be called freeper every time he/she makes an unpopular observation. My guess is there are plenty of people who get sick of it and are run off. I'm thick skinned and don't care enough about what other people think to have been run off, but I'd imagine there are a number of people who would be seriously offended.

In short (too late -- ha ha), the history would be useful not only to easily spot someone who comes to make trouble, but also to help us identify the "good ones."