Same here, I am attached to the romantic notion of pseudonyms in terms of freedom/privacy and the spirit of judging content for what it is and not the name behind it.
With that being said my pseudonym is attached to my real email all over the internet and my email contains my name, so it's not like I am hiding behind it.
I actually find some of the comments in this thread against pseudonyms strangely similar to the reason of why people don't drink because they are bad drunks. If your being a dick under a pseudonym that means you might be and a dick regardless.
Well, I don't think a pseudonym gives people the right to act like assholes. I sometimes do, but its not on purpose. Its that I have the social skills of a rock. Anyhow, pseudonyms allow for my creativity to exists on a different plane. For example, had I started developing Nuuton under my real name, I would have already be dealing with the repercussions of my local social circle. Doing it under orangethirty gives me the freedom to simply express myself without worrying about what anyone might say. Sure, people can find out who I am, but locally, few people have heard of the pseudonym. Freedom not only protects, but gives wings.
With that being said my pseudonym is attached to my real email all over the internet and my email contains my name, so it's not like I am hiding behind it.
I actually find some of the comments in this thread against pseudonyms strangely similar to the reason of why people don't drink because they are bad drunks. If your being a dick under a pseudonym that means you might be and a dick regardless.