Quote from mgookin:
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The first thing we teach kids about the internet is that it's a dangerous playground. Never give out personally identifying information.
As to the psycho majority who choses to put their real identifying information on Facebook, let them continue to do so while their houses get robbed because they're on vacation, their kids get stalked, kidnapped, raped, etc. Not for me, thanks.
I'm sorry, I'm not buying that. There are several professional communities out there that require full name registrations and their forums are more civil, safer and of a much higher quality. What makes ET dangerous IS the anonymity of it all. It brings out the most unstable people to post here and it creates conflicts with these unstable people. The irony is, the way ET is now, you have no legal recourse in our court system and no protections from an alias. Using real names would actually protect you in our court system. You could legally file restraining orders with other users. You could sue in court for libel or slander. And you could safely alert authorities to unstable individuals. You have no such protection now on ET.