I would say that they're not "anonymous" so much as "pseudonymous", if you can even say that. A name is whatever a person calls himself; if it's adopted at the

I would say that they're not "anonymous" so much as "pseudonymous", if you can even say that. A name is whatever a person calls himself; if it's adopted at the age of 23 and only used online that doesn't make it any less a name. I try to say "legal name" rather than "real name" when interacting with people. While this is not perfectly correct (according to Wikipedia, in common law a "true name" is any name used non-fraudulently), it does help to remind people that assumed names aren't less real than given names.