I've done the internet thing now for many years. Back in 1988 even I was trolling the university network systems, using it to connect to CompuServe and other locations. Prior to that I used local and long distance BBS's via the Commodore 64 and a *gasp* 300 baud modem. As a result of my long and storied use of the 'net, I've seen a lot of pseudonyms. I've come to question the use of pseudonyms. I can see two big reasons for using them: privacy and pretending. Privacy needs I can unde...