[steven2012]

I used my real name until 1997, when I was posting questions on newsgroups. When dejanews.com came out, I realized that everything I wrote was forever, and since then I've never used my real name, except on linkedin and Facebook. But both of those use one-off email addresses. I really don't think having a permanent internet profile is necessary and is likely more detrimental than beneficial.

I know I'm not anonymous, and I'm sure the NSA can figure out exactly what all my posts are, but at least it makes it hard for regular companies to track me.

[gaius]

Yeah Dejanews was a bit of a shock to many of us.