[jebblue]

It's a psychological thing, a perception, on the part of the users of your nick. I know people who publicize their nick and real name, still post under their nick and their nick gets more attention by far. There's something about human nature, I prefer to read stories about Notch more than Markus Perrson. I don't know why, it's just that way with the human brain.

I may have just had an epiphany, political figures use their real names (well mostly), maybe this is why their lives seem a bit characiatured to us. Perhaps this helps insulate them to a degree.