Radio 4 Afternoon Play

[EcclesCake]

This afternoon's play is about members of an online forum who find that due to a software glitch instead of their usernames their real names are appearing against their posts.

How worried would you be if that happened here?

[sunny-dave]

Cutesy McFluffykins ... nice name :+)

[Baldric]

No problem, I'd never post anything that I'm not prepared to say to you face to face!
;o)

[EcclesCake]

Time to make a cup of tea and settle down......

[albaqwerty]

Was it any good?
I missed it.

No, it wouldn't bother me if my name appeared, it's quite common :-D

[DTCwordfan]

Mine too, alba..

Albert Steptoe to you, call me Bert.

[EcclesCake]

Personally, I don't think it delivered and much, much more mayhen and mischief could have been had!

It was entertaining though.

[mazie]

It was OK. Loved the bit where "Bikes are Gay" (user name) was calling Victoria Pendleton and it turned out to be Bradley Wiggins

[albaqwerty]

They should have had Mrs O writing the script.

Hello Bert x

Had a phone call from a local video shop once about a late tape. Wasn't me, it was one of the other ones. :-D

[DTCwordfan]

My dream as an ABer
Became a passion in my long-lost youth
To search for my AB identity
And search for some bizarre truth
I differentiated myself from every other AB mortal
I differentiated myself for a subtle unknown cause
To be amongst all of them
And to prevent my identity loss

The great that I tried to achieve
Doesn’t seem to be any more
Or probably it wasn’t great enough
For my conscience to be sure
I was probably the highly competitive
In an effort to establish my superiority
I’m still to reach that elevated position
To re-establish my AB mistaken identity

I would stand nowhere
If they all fall in my shoes
My identity is mistaken for nothing
the fault of Ed's tech team? Those who?

[HowardKennitby]

It was OK. Probably needed more than 45 minutes to do the idea justice.

[Mosaic]

Not a biggie.
Although I have usernames and therefore anonymity, I don't think that gives me licence to lie, harass or be plain frightful. So bring on the Veracity Virus!