I use my real name because my pseudonym "crackie" that i use in gaming is usually "not allowed" as a username.
Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?
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#12I use my real name for everything.
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#14my real name isn't listed here, but my username is about as real as my identity gets online. my username here @gmail is my primary personal contact email that all my other addresses forward to, and although i don't list a name it would be easy to track back to my real name should anybody care enough to try. my username is a pseudonym, but it isn't a disposable one.
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#16my github user name!
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#17There are too many Steve Johnsons in the tech field, but I don't have a better pseudonym, so I try to make my real name count.
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#18my username is obviously anonymous but i realized the power of open identity after coming on HN. Now you can see my real contact info. in there.
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#19Yes. The discussion on HN is always engaging and there's not much temptation or incentive to go off on a dumb trollish tangent as has been the case in other corners of the Internet. It's always nice to talk to people off of HN that I've met here, too.
edit: somewhat ironically, HN is a place where I'm least tempted to look up a user's bio during a discussion. Someone has to say something extremely outrageous/amazing before I click on their username and commit the "argument from authority" fallacy. Otherwise, I like to read the discussion without having any preconception of who the poster is.
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#20No, but it's pretty trivial to figure out who I am.