Should Microcosm show the real identity of users?

This is a question about identity on forums, there are implications in the answer that you choose and these are roughly balanced thus:

Real identity helps fight spam and trolls, holds people to account for their posts, enables sharing of your actions across social networks and would enable business communities more easily.

Enabling sharing across social networks has no attraction to me. It strikes me as incredibly bad personal data discipline. I don't mean this in a DPA context but simply you need to be aware what data you splurge across the public domain. multiple aliases across the public internet acts as a basic control and segregation mechanism. this is why I have one pseudonym for personal activities and one for stuff that relates to my work life.

I don't think the argument that real IDs help fight spam and trolls is particularly credible for two reasons.

1. The LFGSS thought police can be particularly effective when someone transgresses an unwritten rule.
   
2. Any of the mods appear to be capable of sorting IP banning when required which is a solid deterrent.
   
   
   
   

I refuse to use any website that only has the option of Facebook/G+ sign in.
The thing is, i don't know exactly why; but i find it annoying to think they are forcing me to do it and don't give an option to signup as normal.

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I think the FT has a nice system where you sign in with a real ID linked to billing information but are able to post pseudonymously. In addition you have the ability to change your pseudonym and it will flow through all previous posts.