Thanks to you and others for raising the perspectives I never considered. This is why I love HN. When I saw the real name request I only thought to myself -- "

Thanks to you and others for raising the perspectives I never considered. This is why I love HN. When I saw the real name request I only thought to myself -- "this isn't the OKC I know, why would they abandon their quirky usernames... but ok, here is my real name." I never thought about their definition of "real name" or whether noncompliance would result in accounts being banned. I still recall the "real name" discussions when Facebook first adopted that policy. So of course I should have known that this little change could hurt others.