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Re:Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend by gm-conspiracy on Friday October 13, 2017 @12:48PM (#15467283)
Were you a BBS guy?

That is how I learned to never give your real identity in an electronic world.

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Re:Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend by ghaff on Friday October 13, 2017 @12:58PM (#15467376)
Depends on the BBS. On the one I was on for a long time, many people used their real identities and even got together IRL.
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Re:Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend by hprotagonist on Friday October 13, 2017 @01:01PM (#15467404)
This was true on freenode for me. I’ve never told anyone exactly who I am, but I’ve got some actual friends there I would feel comfortable meeting in real life.
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