# Hello all - I'm Susan Gerbic
**URL:** https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973
**Category:** Introduce Yourself
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973 "2022-11-16T07:11:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@susangerbic](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/susangerbic)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/1 "2022-11-16T07:11:38Z")
I don’t think I knew that CFI had a forum
I’ve been around the skeptical community for years
Personally I’m not that interesting, if you want to know more you can give me a Google.
I’m just checking out the joint - seems like I don’t recognize names here. Is it a “thing” to not use your real name on a forum? I seem to remember back in the old JREF Forum days most people used a pseudonym, I think because it was fun and because we were either interested in argueing with people and didn’t want people to know who we were if we got snappy. And also because for most of us, talking about some of these subjects was uncomfortable and we were worried someone would recognize us.
Obviously, I’m not too worried.
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### Author:  [@mriana](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mriana)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/2 "2022-11-16T12:11:17Z")
CFI forums have been around for years. At least 10 years.
> [@susangerbic](#):
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> I’m just checking out the joint - seems like I don’t recognize names here. Is it a “thing” to not use your real name on a forum?
Most don’t use their real names. Not because we want to argue and insult others, it’s just the way I always thought of the internet- no one uses their real name anywhere. However, I do go by Mriana off the the forum, so I’m an exception.
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### Author:  [@morgankane01](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/morgankane01)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/3 "2022-11-16T14:00:52Z")
Welcome Susan.
I use a pseudonym to protect my life and my family, not to wrong anyone.
I have been using this pseudonym, with slight variations needed to respect the forum rules or to prevent a double, for 30 years roughly.
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### Author:  [@arikel88](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/arikel88)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/4 "2022-11-16T15:49:01Z")
Hello and welcome, love the chicken costume ;D.
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### Author:  [@susangerbic](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/susangerbic)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/5 "2022-11-16T19:12:56Z")
I guess it’s hard to see as the image is so small. But it’s a turkey
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### Author:  [@Wendy91602](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/Wendy91602)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/6 "2022-11-17T16:50:21Z")
Hi Suze
I noticed the forums a few weeks ago - but didn’t follow up until you mentioned it. One complication was that CFI/Skeptical Inquirer/CFIIG all have separate web pages - and I’m not sure if the log in information carries over between them. This one, as a matter of fact, tried to get me to log in to Word Press. Sheesh.
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### Author:  [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/7 "2022-11-17T17:11:37Z")
Welcome wendy,
On the main CFI home page, goto menu and select “Forums”.
That’ll get you here.
After that, you can copy and paste this addy as a shortcut
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### Author:  [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/8 "2022-11-17T17:40:37Z")
> [@susangerbic](#):
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> I’m just checking out the joint - seems like I don’t recognize names here. Is it a “thing” to not use your real name on a forum? I seem to remember back in the old JREF Forum days most people used a pseudonym, I think because it was fun and because we were either interested in argueing with people and didn’t want people to know who we were if we got snappy. And also because for most of us, talking about some of these subjects was uncomfortable and we were worried someone would recognize us.
With a little reflection pseudonyms can give you a good first impression of the wearer’s mindset.
Selection of a pseudonym is often an expression of subconscious interest.
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### Author:  [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/9 "2022-11-17T19:19:42Z")
I’m a moderator, but not the best at help with navigation. I get CFI emails/newsletters and stuff, but I’m not sure how that all got hooked up. I wish the chapters would look more to the forum, or that members would use it to discuss articles and other happenings.
As for finding it, [forum.centerforinquiry.org](http://forum.centerforinquiry.org) always leads me back
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### Author:  [@susangerbic](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/susangerbic)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/10 "2022-11-17T21:29:59Z")
Wendy a3d that’s a weird name. Did they assign it or does it mean something?
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### Author:  [@Wendy91602](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/Wendy91602)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/11 "2022-11-17T22:47:16Z")
I’ll answer you privately. I should try to change it.
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### Author:  [@mriana](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mriana)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/12 "2022-11-18T02:36:19Z")
> [@Wendy91602](#):
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> This one, as a matter of fact, tried to get me to log in to Word Press. Sheesh.
I believe it is a Word Press forum or connected to it somehow.
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### Author:  [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hello-all-im-susan-gerbic/9973/13 "2022-11-18T22:24:40Z")
Admin can change names if you can’t