The older you are, the more convenient and comfortable staying anonymous becomes, especially if you have or have had serious responsibilities over the years. Y

The older you are, the more convenient and comfortable staying anonymous becomes, especially if you have or have had serious responsibilities over the years. You are either a target and/or intimidating, and either one gets in the way of sharing information freely. The older you are, the less interest or value there is in maintaining an online persona, especially in a community much younger than you. But the insights from such discussions, and the ideas you can provide, can still be valuable. Hence a former Secretary of the Air Force becomes DiscoDuck, for example.