I completely agree and do not understand why anybody would choose to post under the actual identity in this day and age. Unless you're completely posturing (whi

I completely agree and do not understand why anybody would choose to post under the actual identity in this day and age. Unless you're completely posturing (which, granted, I find many who post under their own names do) then you're going to piss of somebody, and by somebody I mean quite a lot of people. And in the era of social media lynch mobs, swatting, and all of this other stuff - why would you ever do that to yourself? I think it's also nice to have your words weighed against themselves rather than against your reputation. When well regarded people are inclined to agree with you because of that, rather than the quality of your words. When a pariah, vice versa. It's also interesting to give misleading hints to ones identity and see how, if at all, that affects response. For instance this account is named rjf72. I expect nearly everybody that noticed that would then assume my first initials are RJF and my birthday is 1972. It's actually just a neutral reference to Robert James Fischer 1972 - the year Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky to become world champ. Granted I suppose that outs me as enjoying the great game, though. That part is true.