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comment by Meriadoc
Meriadoc  ·  3415 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Our Community and Real Names

I'm extremely careful elsewhere, but here I'm me, 100%. A significant portion of people here already know me personally and have met me multiple times, others can find out easily if they please. I'm not worried about that at all.

I used to be extremely careful about my online personas, ensuring that nobody could find out who I am. But I've come to realize it doesn't matter for me personally. I say nothing online I wouldn't say or stand behind in meatspace, and that's probably a result of my extreme caution over the years, but I'd be proud of anything I said in the last decade, or maybe a little embarrassed of how often I post in sports subreddits, but I don't say things that are compromising.