Maybe perhaps true! But I think it's a bit of an oversimplification...
In a lot of cases, though, there's a community getting built, and even if your real-life identity isn't associated with your online one, there's still some sort of persona that people can identify and think about...
As a tiny tiny example, some people occasionally comment on the BBC news feed, and I recognize them by username at least -- they build up a reputation, and one gets an idea of their political leanings and relative cleverness...
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Date: 2007-05-11 06:13 am (UTC)In a lot of cases, though, there's a community getting built, and even if your real-life identity isn't associated with your online one, there's still some sort of persona that people can identify and think about...
As a tiny tiny example, some people occasionally comment on the BBC news feed, and I recognize them by username at least -- they build up a reputation, and one gets an idea of their political leanings and relative cleverness...