> I often feel pretty lucky that I grew up with the early internet, back when you hid your real identity and trusted no one. That's funny, because going throug

> I often feel pretty lucky that I grew up with the early internet, back when you hid your real identity and trusted no one. That's funny, because going through old usenet posts from the 90s I got precisely the opposite impression – noticeably more people posting under their full names than you'd find a decade or two later in comparable forums. I've also made the same observation for the online community of a long running simulation game I frequent: A lot of the old-time members dating back to twenty years ago or so are posting under their full names, whereas with newer members abbreviated (last) names or outright pseudonyms are clearly predominating.