Guest Personal Jesus Posted March 22, 2004 I have a confession to make... I created the account "Personal Jesus" for a Psychology thesis that I completed last week. I created a similar account on three other message board communities. My thesis was on the topic "Personal Beliefs On Religion Regarding Communities On The Internet." My avatars and signature pictures and text were all apart of this experiment. I apologize for any hurt feelings and problems that I might have caused. I am putting in a requisition for VaBeachGuy to eliminate the account. Once again all apologies. For this experiment to work, no one could know the agenda of the experiment. Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Phaserman 0 Posted March 22, 2004 hey, PJ, why not just ask him to change your account name? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theunicornhunter 2 Posted March 22, 2004 What was your thesis? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARMS 0 Posted March 22, 2004 No harm done, as far as i'm concerned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 8 Posted March 22, 2004 (edited) Wow, we're a science project. Edited March 22, 2004 by Indy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 5 Posted March 22, 2004 PJ, you should stay here with us and just have your account name changed.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadowfigment 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Actually I have been a part of you for a long time. I funtion under the name "shadowfigment." I have no real need for the other account now that the paper has been completed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ensign_ro 0 Posted March 22, 2004 i wasnt offended, you should stay with us. if you go i know we'll miss you. if you want just make another account. not like your banned from the site! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Phaserman 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Ah! I get it now! Hope the paper turns out good, Shadow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted March 22, 2004 I think a lot of people are misunderstanding. Personal Jesus was just an account for shadowfigment to use for his research. He isn't actually going away, he will just go back to using his real screen name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WEAREBORG4102 0 Posted March 22, 2004 we were an experiment!!?? shocking.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odo 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Wow we were test subjects. cool hope your thesis turns out well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fenriz275 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Oddly enough this wasn't the 1st time I've been experimented on. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goose 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Stardate:214221.7 LOL I always knew I would be a gunnie pig in some science experiment some day :) So what was your thesis and what did you conclude from your experiement? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Believe it or not, that was actually one of the first thoughts that occurred to me when I read your "Problems" post. No, really,,, it was. Glad we could be of service. I wouldn't mind reading what you came up with. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takara_Soong 4 Posted March 22, 2004 Believe it or not this isn't the first time I've been examined psychologically. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
removed 0 Posted March 22, 2004 I feel violated. Lol. Just kidding! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted March 22, 2004 Ok the account has been removed as requested, all of the posts made still remain but will show up as being posted by an unregistered member. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nemesis 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Wow, thats so cool. Did you mark down that most people were not offended, or that they were? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadowfigment 0 Posted March 22, 2004 (edited) The paper was pretty lengthy. I used two other sites, besides this one. I found out (from the other two sites, which shall remain nameless) that more people were offeneded with the negative images (devils, pentagram, upside down anhks, etc...) than with more positive images (crosses, jesus figures, etc.). Almost no one was offended by the name Personal Jesus, and almost everyone was offeneded by the signature text (which varied, I used Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" on this site, and I used XTC's "Dear God" on the others). Due to the length of the paper I probably will not post it. But it was a very interesting experiment, and I hope that I do not have to do another like it. Once again, let me apologize for anyone I might have upset with the account Personal Jesus. :) Edited March 22, 2004 by shadowfigment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cptwright 1 Posted March 22, 2004 hey man its all good, no harm no foul. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nemesis 0 Posted March 22, 2004 The paper was pretty lengthy. I used two other sites, besides this one. I found out (from the other two sites, which shall remain nameless) that more people were offeneded with the negative images (devils, pentagram, upside down anhks, etc...) than with more positive images (crosses, jesus figures, etc.). Almost no one was offended by the name Personal Jesus, and almost everyone was offeneded by the signature text (which varied, I used Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" on this site, and I used XTC's "Dear God" on the others). Due to the length of the paper I probably will not post it. But it was a very interesting experiment, and I hope that I do not have to do another like it. Once again, let me apologize for anyone I might have upset with the account Personal Jesus. :) Could you email it to me? I love reading stuff like that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadowfigment 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Um, mabye after I get the grade. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theunicornhunter 2 Posted March 22, 2004 How did you know people were offended? It is possible that people were offended but didn't say anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BakulaBabe 2 Posted March 22, 2004 As Spock would probably say, "Facinating". No harm done, no offense taken. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadowfigment 0 Posted March 22, 2004 How did you know people were offended? It is possible that people were offended but didn't say anything. In my report, I only noted the direct messages that I recieved on people being offended. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takara_Soong 4 Posted March 22, 2004 How did you know people were offended? It is possible that people were offended but didn't say anything. I can tell you that two of the ways he knew people were offended were based on responses to his poll (it was moved to the personal logs poll forum) and an exchange of PMs with various mods (myself included) who were reacting after hearing from a few members. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nik 0 Posted March 22, 2004 I thought it was funny that in a previous topic ("Hello" ) started by Peronal Jesus, you (Shadowfigment) actually replied to your own posting. Amusing, but I suppose you were just trying to bump it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hangon 3 Posted March 22, 2004 HEEEYY dont we get paid for being test subjects?? No worrys man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadowfigment 0 Posted March 23, 2004 I thought it was funny that in a previous topic ("Hello" ) started by Peronal Jesus, you(Shadowfigment) actually replied to your own posting. Amusing, but I suppose you were just trying to bump it? Actually I did this to try and cover the fact that "shadowfigment" and "Personal Jesus" could not be logged in at the same time, (since I only have one internet computer at my access). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites