I am not going to vote on the poll, because I think the trolling is a side-issue, once you mentioned a company forum. If you have a company forum, you should h

I am not going to vote on the poll, because I think the trolling is a side-issue, once you mentioned a company forum. If you have a company forum, you should have real names - doesn't have to be their full names if you are a small commpany - forex if someone's known as "Joe S. from Accounting" let them register as "Joe S. from Accounting" if that is what they want, rather than insisting on "Joseph Smith III" or whatever they are on your payroll. But don't let people pick random names because that, I think, lulls them into a false sense of security. When you are working, you are your professional self, and you are expected to keep some aspects of your private self at bay (yes, even in some of those informal and I am sure fabulous startups you may work at). Insisting that people keep identifiable work names helps them remember that posting on a company forum is still being at work.