Just Wondering ET, Why the Anonymity?

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Quote from damnit:

Aliases hide the true losing traders from being discovered.
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This is what I was trying to say in the OP without actually saying it :)
 
because this is 'pubic' chat board so anything you say will be used or will be used against you if you post with real name...duh!

Quote from ess1096:

Why do you think most ET'ers (myself included) hide behind anonymous screen names and wont so much as reveal even their first names? (With the exception of just a few like Don Bright, Jack Hershey and.....dare I say it......Timmy Sykes.)

Unlike a forum like Yahoo, we all had to register to use this one, so you would think it would be a little less crowded by trolls. I've been on many other non-trading forums where participants knew each other by name and sometimes would use a self-photo as an avatar or even a link to their personal website in their signatures.

So why the fear? Why the anonymity? My opinion is this; because many here are living a fantasy, an alter ego if you will. And as long as they don't reveal their true identity they just might pull it off.

By the way, my name is Don
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