Before it was de rigeur to use real names on the Internet, most of us used personas that were informed by our handles. It's unusual—I might even say unethical,

Before it was de rigeur to use real names on the Internet, most of us used personas that were informed by our handles. It's unusual—I might even say unethical, if moral realism were coherent—to insist on real names as a matter of honesty given that real names disproportionately benefit the powerful. The powerless cannot use their real names on the Internet because often there are real world consequences.