about being anonymous..there is one form, which is simply using a 'handle'...catspaw, or Pseudolus..etc...or even a partial name like Bill D....those will usually provide all the safety necessary to prevent someone from figuring out exactly who & where you are, if that seems important to you.

But the sort of anonymity that we grit our teeth over is just 'guest' with NO handle...not even a fake one! If you feel a need to discuss an issue without using your regular Mudcat handle, then pick one..'guest..Rumplestilsken'..for the duration of the thread, or for future posts about that issue!!! It is totally maddening to have what seems like several 'guests' going at once, and being unable to have even a FAKE identity to reply to...or NOT reply to...

I truly wish Max would change the software so that a message would not be allowed without entering something after 'guest'......and I, for one, will NEVER again reply to anyone who can't pick a name. Wouldn't it be fascinating if everyone did the same and stupid, divisive, trolling 'guests' got NO response to their trouble making crap?!