Exactly. I censor myself all the time in any online setting that isn't anonymous. I'll have my contribution to the conversation typed out, edited, and then I think on whether someone somewhere could possible take it the wrong way, or if it could come back to bite me. It's usually not worth posting (to me) if it's a controversial topic - there's very little to be gained, but a lot to lose.

I really wish this was not the case. Though it may seem to many like there is very little to be gained by honesty, I'd love to see a world where people weren't afraid to say what they thought, to speak their mind. I get tired of living in such a sterile world.

The thing that keeps me from disclosing identity in many venues isn't so much "what will people who know me think of what I said" as it is "don't give blackhats any more reason to grief me over things I've said". Hopefully that is something I myself can get over eventually.