I hung around as Guest before joining, and I still post as Guest (but add Mrr) from work because I delete all my cookies so our Internet cops will at least have to use sophisticated ways to tell where I go while AT work. (Which is the Mudcat at least three times a day, generally morning break, lunchbreak, and afternoon break. The fact that I stay about 2 hours each time is a separate thing...) - Were this club to become MO, I wouldn't be able to hang out here from work... which my employer might not mind, but I'm the bloody member! And the several who pointed out that anyone can become a member at the drop of an @ also make the excellent point that therefore, there is no point in restricting membership anyway.

And I posted as Guest (without the Mrr) once by mistake, and once to ask an etiquette question. I concealed my identity in that instance to avoid embarrassing someone whom I like and respect, and I was glad I had when I got my answer.

This part might be here once, and might be different from the above if this posts twice; I hit Cancel. Anyway, what I wanted to add is this: Making this club MO would eliminate the possibility of hiding one's identity for reasons of hearts of gold, as well as for nefarious purposes. And the nefarious can always create new nicknames, why not violate another Mudcat "law" while they are at it, since it is nefarious by definition?