Is it really important to be anonymous on TLS? Forum

[ScottRiqui]

I spoke with an adcom, and they knew who I was on TLS. They check.

I have a hard time believing this. How do they connect the username to a name on an application?

Um, Noodley is the law-school applicant equivalent of a 1971 Hemi 'cuda convertible - one of an exceedingly small and desirable population. Any adcom who's spent any time here would recognize his application in a heartbeat.

[NoodleyOne]

I spoke with an adcom, and they knew who I was on TLS. They check.

I have a hard time believing this. How do they connect the username to a name on an application?

My numbers were pretty unique and used to be posted openly. She mentioned it directly... she knew.

[MKC]

I stopped by to say hi to an Adcomm at WUSTL today. I noticed the TLS article on LOR printed out and sitting on her desk. I chuckled and mentioned it. She told me that of course adcomms read stuff on TLS and that "anyone who thinks they're anonymous on TLS is kidding themselves." Then she referenced my posting history. So yes, they're watching, and they know who you are if they give a shit.

[John_rizzy_rawls]

I have a feeling that on-topic shit gives it away to adcoms a lot more than lounge posts. Posting numbers, posting dates (sent, complete, etc), a lot of activity in waiting and school-specific admissions threads, etc.

[MKC]

I have a feeling that on-topic shit gives it away to adcoms a lot more than lounge posts. Posting numbers, posting dates (sent, complete, etc), a lot of activity in waiting and school-specific admissions threads, etc.

I'm sure that's the easiest way to figure it out, but pretty much everyone starts in the on-topics, and after they've connected the dots, your entire posting history is on the table.

[paglababa]

I don't plan on posting any specifics about my applications, my UG school, or my place of employment. How would they be able to pinpoint me? I imagine a number of people have similar LSAT/gpa scores so that would not be a viable avenue.

[dr123]

Do adcoms really have nothing better to do than lurk TLS and stalk people's posts? Reason number 540646213 why I hate worthless, overpaid college administrators.

[rinkrat19]

I don't plan on posting any specifics about my applications, my UG school, or my place of employment. How would they be able to pinpoint me? I imagine a number of people have similar LSAT/gpa scores so that would not be a viable avenue.

Then they probably couldn't. Nobody is saying that they can instantly identify every single person on TLS.

[John_rizzy_rawls]

Right. I doubt they go digging. But a lot of people on here are really obvious. They liveblog their entire cycle with sent/complete/decision dates, link themselves back to their LSN, let everyone know the day they send in their LOCI's, are constantly poasting in the admissions and waiting threads, etc. If you've just got #s here and don't give away much in the on-topics, you should be alright.

If not, whatever, no one's going to care what you say on the internet unless you're MSW levels of unstable or Gdane levels of potential sex offender.

[MKC]

Right. I doubt they go digging. But a lot of people on here are really obvious. They liveblog their entire cycle with sent/complete/decision dates, link themselves back to their LSN, let everyone know the day they send in their LOCI's, are constantly poasting in the admissions and waiting threads, etc. If you've just got #s here and don't give away much in the on-topics, you should be alright.

If not, whatever, no one's going to care what you say on the internet unless you're MSW levels of unstable or Gdane levels of potentialsex offender.

FTFY

[A. Nony Mouse]

Do adcoms really have nothing better to do than lurk TLS and stalk people's posts? Reason number 540646213 why I hate worthless, overpaid college administrators.

If your job depended on convincing applicants to attend your law school - particularly, convincing high-scoring applicants to do so - it would make sense to spend some time on a website where applicants hang out and talk at great length about where to go to law school. I'm sure half the time adcomms don't figure out posters because they're trying to, but because the same people show up regularly in the various relevant threads.

[dr123]

Do adcoms really have nothing better to do than lurk TLS and stalk people's posts? Reason number 540646213 why I hate worthless, overpaid college administrators.

If your job depended on convincing applicants to attend your law school - particularly, convincing high-scoring applicants to do so - it would make sense to spend some time on a website where applicants hang out and talk at great length about where to go to law school. I'm sure half the time adcomms don't figure out posters because they're trying to, but because the same people show up regularly in the various relevant threads.

Fair enough, but they are still worthless and overpaid.

[A. Nony Mouse]

Do adcoms really have nothing better to do than lurk TLS and stalk people's posts? Reason number 540646213 why I hate worthless, overpaid college administrators.

If your job depended on convincing applicants to attend your law school - particularly, convincing high-scoring applicants to do so - it would make sense to spend some time on a website where applicants hang out and talk at great length about where to go to law school. I'm sure half the time adcomms don't figure out posters because they're trying to, but because the same people show up regularly in the various relevant threads.

Fair enough, but they are still worthless and overpaid.

Generally speaking, sure, though I don't think your average adcomm falls into that category. Schools actually need adcomms, as opposed the newest Assistant to the Executive Dean for Programs Designed to Get Alums to Give Us Money.

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[chem!]

Pretty sure the Dean at UCLA Law knows who I am. A couple folks at Duke's ASW knew who I was. I've figured out who a couple people at Duke/USC events were based on their posting here.

Given my body of work, being outed is probably a bad thing, but for a lot of people it wouldn't/shouldn't matter.

Man, I hope it is clear that my online persona and how I behave in real life are different. I keep a clean mouth in professional situations and around my kids, but, yeah.....

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[Anonymous Associate]

I think it is actually really important to be anonymous publicly on TLS. It is your choice whether you want to PM and share information with other members. But putting everything out there for everyone to find....

Antecdote: I know someone who wasn't anonymous on TLS, posted during the application process, but posted much less during law school, rarely even going to the website. Someone from this person's law school got into this person's account, changed the password, and posted all kinds of really bad stuff. It turned this person's life upside down.

[Ludo!]

I think it is actually really important to be anonymous publicly on TLS. It is your choice whether you want to PM and share information with other members. But putting everything out there for everyone to find....

Antecdote: I know someone who wasn't anonymous on TLS, posted during the application process, but posted much less during law school, rarely even going to the website. Someone from this person's law school got into this person's account, changed the password, and posted all kinds of really bad stuff. It turned this person's life upside down.

Is that what Dingbat is telling people happened to him

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[clay7676]

I posted one thing on here recently that was somewhat specific to my past and my plans for attending/applying to law school, will that be remembered in a year and a half from now when i start applying to schools? It was stuff I didn't want to disclose and although I'm honest I would hate to screw up a chance at law school for revealing info about my life!

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[John_rizzy_rawls]

I posted one thing on here recently that was somewhat specific to my past and my plans for attending/applying to law school, will that be remembered in a year and a half from now when i start applying to schools? It was stuff I didn't want to disclose and although I'm honest I would hate to screw up a chance at law school for revealing info about my life!

you know you can go back and edit posts, right? If you're concerned about it, delete it. If it was quoted by others, oh well... best you can do is get rid of it so it's not in your post history.

And PM people that quoted you hoping they're active posters who are nice enough to delete them. I did that. Scrubbed my business fairly clean. Other than all the lounge shit.

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[iLaw]

Given that the main web site I visit involves actors, cast openings, modeling, etc. hardly no one is anonymous (actually it is the opposite). I imagine on a site like this the main thing that would out someone is to mention their SA firm — that could be potentially problematic I suppose. If my cohorts or anyone at the firm visits this site, I am unaware of it. so if they do, they wear their mask well.

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