Why not go one step further and allow using throwaway accounts or not publicly link to the poster’s profile? The association would still be visible to the administrators/moderators in case some action needs to be taken.
On the forum I run, we have 2 million+ registered users without real names but with emails and I’m sure that there are also users here who would like to post some things semi-anonymously. Whether this option actually gets used would depend a ton on the defaults and how this choice is presented visually.
Why not go one step further and allow using throwaway accounts or not publicly link to the poster’s profile? The association would still be visible to the administrators/moderators in case some action needs to be taken.
On the forum I run, we have 2 million+ registered users without real names but with emails and I’m sure that there are also users here who would like to post some things semi-anonymously. Whether this option actually gets used would depend a ton on the defaults and how this choice is presented visually.