People who do not specify their country

I would think if they do not put their real name on my lot then no one would be aware of who they are. And they do not need to specify a city, but perhaps they could write their country. I mean there are many nicknames that one can use so that no one would be aware of who they are. Perhaps if they come from a very small country, they could at least say that they are from Central Europe, Southern Europe, EAst Asia, or whatever part of the continent they come from. I am sure no one will be the wiser and besides then they can write to others who came from they came from. It would make us feel bette and not wonder if they had something to hide.

Perhaps but a great many members here share a great deal of life happenings in their discussions. Some sign up with some type of actual name, like last names as they do not realize that it will be their usernames. There are many discussions here that many have regrets for using the name they did and have to make a choice of continuing on and or canceling their full account as ID names cannot be changed. I don't hide mine and can't recall a discussion of anyone listing their reasons. This is why I assume it is anonymity. I am not sure it really makes a difference to me if I saw the country or not. I base the members on their participation and activity interests.

It would be a good idea for my lot to put in their guidelines that if you have an uncommon name, to use an alias. I have seen so many people that use their own names and they are not names like Smith or Jones either.

I think that 'no fixe abode' would be a good idea. I know when we were on our cruise, there were people who worked on the cruise ship and they often were there for months or maybe a couple of years at a time. Then they could be mylotting on the ship, but could not put their country down as they might not be able to get home for some period of time. I also had another thought, there are those who do not want to be friends of those from another country, and so some would put unspecified so that the one who does not want to be friends from those of another country will make them friends. And of course, no one likes unfriend someone. I would want to know what country the person comes from as I feel that if a person puts down unspecified, why is ashamed to put down the place where he was born?

In our profile it states 'location'. That is not necessarily the place where we are born. It certainly isn't in my case as 'location' is where I reside not where I was born.

That could imply a completely different situation as in traveller

I do know that some use proxy IP addresses. Yes, it is pretty easy to notice a language pattern in people.

The thing is that each country has its own way of talking about things, so for someone who is quite knowledgable they can find out where that person is from by what they call things, and by them mentioning customs and areas, one can find out where these people come from. It is easy to track down, and if they live in a dictatorship, the leader of their country can find out by their ip number so if they complain about the government, they are fooling themselves. Also what if they use an ip from another country? They might get in serious trouble.

Unless you lived on a desert Island, there is no need to not specify your country and it would help you and specifically if it were a dictatorshop and you wanted help.

Could they not say, "I do not like what my country is doing?" or "our leader is living in a palace while his people starve?" People do not blame you for your country especially if the country is under a dictatorship..

Maybe they can do that. I hope they can read this so they'll know they have an option.

I think what you can do is to write to mylot, go on the contact page and ask how you can do it. What you can do is also to go to profile, the go on account information and then you can change it. So it is easy to do it, and you probably can also change the country if for instance, you moved. So it is easy to do.

If I changed mine every time I moved people would think I have a private jet

I finally know how to edit my profile after I sent msg to Mysd and I know how to change my avatar after I see (stalking) her response to a discussion about avatar. I think admin has a lot of jobs and by stalking Mysd I can find more information about mylot. Greeting Mysd, ah now you know im your stalker.

yup it would

The thing is that they have to be careful of the subject, like not mentioning a city, the food they ate, so their conversation would be very limited.

Yet they seem to use them. My brother is paranoid about computers and the internet, and he does not own a computer and does not want to have anything to do with it, even though I have tried to tell him that there is no harm.

Well I am Canadian and I am proud to say that. And even if we were taken over by an evil man, I still would say that I am Canadian. So even if you have a bad government, would it not be all right to say where you came from so in case you needed help, someone here would give you a link to the url that tells you what to do.

I never thought of it, but it does make sense.

I have been on a cruise ship as a passenger and we have many people there who work in the crew, most from the Phillipines and some from parts of AFrica , Bermuda, etc. They still are members of their country and say that they are Fillipinos, etc. So that is still no excuse.

They can easily go back, but if they want to be put on a friend's list it would be easy to say where they came from.

It has to be the country that you are a citizen of. Unless one is born on the cruiser, and lived there all his life, there should not be a problem. And then he would be considered a citizen of the country where the ship is registered on.

I prefer the terms male or female. I can find out if a person is homosexual or lesbian by their interests. Do not like the term gay is it prefers that those of us who are not are miserable grouches. There are couple here that KI am unsure of and find that it makes it hard to get into more detail when responding to their posts. Think of what I wold go through if Ihad to reply to unspecified and I may say something bad about the dictator ruling his country. That would cause a problem.

I would not let anyone know the street that I am on or my phone number. I could specifiy the area of the city I live on and I have been trying to get people in my city and area who are mylotters here to be my friend so we can talk about similar subjects such as winter is coming early, etc.