Let me guess... You're born in the early eighties?
I have this theory that we who were born then ('83 myslef) are the most extreme internet anonymous people. Not that there aren't exceptions, but every one I've met who are insistent on never leaving out things like name and where you live not because of some external threat but just because that's what you DO on the internet was born in the early eighties.
I think this is because when internet got common we were young enough to be impressionable and young enough that the older generation was hyper protective of us against the big bad internet and all the bad men lurking there. But when those younger than us grew up internet had become to commonplace and most of the hyper vigilance had died out.
... An all this rambling just to say ME TOO. Every time I tell someone my real name I hesitate, and think do I really want to do this? There is something in the back of my mind screaming 'NEVER TELL THE INTERNET YOUR REAL NAME!'
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I have this theory that we who were born then ('83 myslef) are the most extreme internet anonymous people. Not that there aren't exceptions, but every one I've met who are insistent on never leaving out things like name and where you live not because of some external threat but just because that's what you DO on the internet was born in the early eighties.
I think this is because when internet got common we were young enough to be impressionable and young enough that the older generation was hyper protective of us against the big bad internet and all the bad men lurking there. But when those younger than us grew up internet had become to commonplace and most of the hyper vigilance had died out.
... An all this rambling just to say ME TOO. Every time I tell someone my real name I hesitate, and think do I really want to do this? There is something in the back of my mind screaming 'NEVER TELL THE INTERNET YOUR REAL NAME!'