Privacy and the net

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Reasons people may prefer pseudonyms or limited personal disclosure on the Internet:

• Because it is a standard identity- and privacy-protection precaution


• Because they have experienced online or offline stalking, harassment, political, or domestic violence


• Because they wish to discuss sexual abuse, sexuality, domestic abuse, assault, politics, health, or mental illness, and do not wish some subset of family, friends, strangers, aquaintances, employers, or potential employers to know about it


• Because they wish to keep their private lives, activities, and tastes separate from their professional lives or potential employers


• Because they fear threats to their employment or the custody of their children


• Because it's the custom among their Internet cohort


• Because it's no one else's business