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[–] iggysba 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I've spent much of the past 20 years working overseas (outside the US), and I learned early on, it doesn't pay to use your real name online. I've seen people lose their jobs and/or open themselves up to verbal attack in person for expressing opinions online on hot button topics. ----- Anonymity online encourages trolls to troll, sure ---- but the bottomline is --- what speaks online is what you say, not who you are. Joe Smoe has as much credibility as Walter Cronkite - because it all depends on what evidence or logic they use to back up their statements. Not the credentials.

That seems to be going away, though, as people shift to video and putting their faces up front as a talking head.

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[–] KeksMex 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Plot twist : Your real name is iggysba.

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[–] iggysba ago 

Luckily, my real name is so common, it takes a dedicated search to track me down if I use it, and I move around so much, by the time you do, I'm likely gone...