Ask HN: Online presence: pseudonym or real name?
Problem is, I've mostly used the web as a read-only media, and am a little cautious of putting my name all over it. I kinda like the idea of having a pseudo name to hide behind online, probably due to the fear of doing something really crap and it forever being attributed to me. But I also have a feeling that it's a bit lame, and alot of the people that I respect online are open about who they are (whether that was a conscious decision or not).
My name is fairly unique, in that if you type it into your favourite search engine, you would get results relating to only me.
I've been trying to decide on this for a few months now, and in the mean time doing neither, so I have given myself one week from today to decide either way, then just stick with it and get some stuff out there.
I would be interested to hear if anyone else has thought through this sort of thing for themselves, or has any pointers/thoughts on the pros and cons of either side. Or am I just over-thinking the whole "online privacy" issue?