Been reviewing account applications and noticed that a lot of them just have the person’s actual name in the username, complete with them saying that it’s their real name in the registration questions.

I just want to comment that I don’t think it’s good to be doing that, especially if you have certain political affiliations that Western governments might not like (communism, socialism, not going to dance around it). I have still approved your accounts if you did this as it doesn’t break the rules, but frankly I recommend you make a new account with a more anonymous username and don’t post under your real name. Keep the account with your real name if you want but don’t make it your main. Lemmy, just like Reddit, is meant to be pseudoanonymous, and especially considering all the controversy and friction that the influx of new users are causing and the presence of people who seem to be here just to pick a fight, I just think it’s a bad idea to put any sort of personal information on here that other people, trolls and assholes included, can exploit. I certainly haven’t put my personal information on here and I’m an admin.

This goes double for profile pictures of your face or anyone you know. Though I haven’t seen much of that.

  • AdaA
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    81 year ago

    I have no desire to hide myself or my identity. It would make the whole experience to much of a headache to use. I’ve been openly using my real name on the internet now for nearly 30 years, and whilst I can’t rule out the possibility of it biting me one day, it’s seems like a worthwhile roll of the dice to me.

    • Jay Baker (he/they)
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      51 year ago

      There are similarities here with my comment - I think some of us longtime internet users have a shared history!