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by ANTSANTS 4135 days ago
Seconding this. I have browsed forums where important users threw temper tantrums and deleted all of their posts, making it downright impossible to follow years worth of valuable dialogs.

I am a staunch proponent of anonymity and privacy (hence why I post here under a pseudonym), but you need to make the decision about the level of privacy you want before you post. Changing your mind 1. screws over the community and 2. won't save you from the determined taking a trip through the wayback machine anyway.

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Ever played Genesis Shadowrun?
A little bit, chummer. Not enough to catch your drift, though.
You are perhaps not as anonymous as you might think.
I am pseudonymous, though. I don't really care if you can e-stalk ANTSANTS to find that they posted in X forum or played Y game, as long as it stays separate from my real identity.

However, if you're gonna be creepy about it, maybe I should be more proactive.