• You always hear the 'why would you want a pseudonym, what have you got to hide arguments?' I don't want to post behind a pseudonym because I've got anything to hide, or to act as a troll or because I post anything controversial I'd rather not put my name to. I'm basically a cynic and think that any website, forum or whatever thats wants my real details, other than bank details and stuff for internet shopping purposes, is harvesting information, building profiles and trying to market or spam me with something now or inthe future. I guess I'm old school but I like to think I make selections about what I want rather than having assumptions made on my behalf and suggestions made to me. I get riled with the Amazon suggestions of 'other people that bought this also bought....well bully for them, but sorry I could'nt give a shit.

    There are effective filters for spam, agreed it may reduce trolls, but as for this '...enables sharing of your actions across social networks and would enable business communities more easily', shudder, I have no interest in that at all, but then I left facebook years ago and have zero interest in twitter etc.

    I like this sites self moderation, out of order statements are usually called out pretty quicky, and you have rules and ban people that breach them. I'm not a techy and am under no illusions about lack of real security or anonymity on the internet, if the NSA or other 'authorities' really want access to any details and info they want on me or anyone else, on here or the interwebs in general, they can get it. But in my tiny luddite mind I still feel a tiny bit more removed from it if I don't have my name listed up front, it may all be an illusion, but its acomfort blanket all the same. So yes I avoid sites that require real user details.

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