Outing your name - The discussion (and other assorted bits)

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Originally Posted by simon drabble

I think we are at a space where general consensus is that those who stay behind a nom de plume are taken less seriously than those who out themselves

But how do we know if it's their real name or not? If I changed my handle to Richard Roe, would that make my opinions more real? Even though my real name is nothing like that? An ensign by any other name would still be as whatever-you-think-of-the-opinion...