"real" names versus names

[kalmn]

i didn't used to get why people might not want the name they use online to be easily attachable to their legal name.

due to various things going on in my life at the moment, i now totally get it.

i get it so much that i'm screening comments to this post, i tell ya.

i think that people's names, of whatever form, should be able to be traced back to them, by people in the community where they use that name. but that's different from "easily attachable to their legal name".

eta: if you're okay with me unscreening please say so.

Comments

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

I agree with you completely; I've always used my real name, but then my real name is actually quite common in real life, so I'm not terribly worried about people finding me.

(You can unscreen if you like.)