HERE’S THE ANSWER

Gleaned from this thread as of 8/18 2:18PM

At least I think this is the answer. Or answers.

  1. Because when you take the IRL identity stuff out of the process it makes communication smoother.

  2. Tradition. Yes, we do it this way because it’s the way we’ve been doing it for a long time. Since the birth of Facebook or whatever.

  3. So crazy people won’t track me down. Which seems crazy. But that’s just the kind half-acknowledged half-conscious consensual fantasy that people seem to buy into. So maybe it’s true.

  • froghorse@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Ya, the “crazy people tracking you down” reason. I get that reason. But really? I mean, it’s a kinda crazy reason? Are there that many crazy people here?

    One nice reason I saw was “it makes communication smoother”.

    Also, maybe it’s just tradition.

    • GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I could be pretty crazy, you don’t know who I am and I don’t know you. Also, people can lurk without your knowledge and not even make themselves known to you. Those are the scariest to me.