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Old 06-30-2011, 09:31 PM
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I read some of your foolish scree, then just skimmed the rest.
 
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Default Re: Privacy, Anonymity, and Compartmentalization

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Originally Posted by lisarea View Post
Do you never really have an interest, though, in just compartmentalizing, or in discussing something without social context? For a relatively concrete example, I have in the past and often still do use gender neutral user IDs on forums for technical subjects, because without the social context of being a lady or being some identifiable person, I can say things without people filtering it through all their personal bias.
Oh certainly. I just don't post on that many forums, but can see the use of a neutral name. I'm sure there are some places where I don't want them to immediately assume I'm Jewish.

I do however have vastly different names for online gaming characters, as I see them as individual characters.

ETA: White male guilt/abuse clause, being white and male I am shielded from the stupidity that is talking with white males as a non white male. Which is rather nice. My GF online games under mostly masculine names because it's easier to be taken seriously.
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