Max:

Make the changes... please!

It takes only a moment to register. Your "real" identity is still not public. As people have said, there will probably also always be ways to register under different aliases and names. However, It does provide the ability to send PM's to people that are being jerks. It should also make those that are intent on posting truly nasty messages, threats, or other bile to pause for a moment.

I am a member of several email lists, and yahoo discussion groups and have participated in Newsgroups in the past. It seems that there is little lost when you must register. What is gained is civility and IMHO a higher level of discussion.

I don't see any downside to this! It is to your credit that you have tolerated behavior that no one would allow to take place in nursery school between toddlers if they the caregivers, much less in gatherings of adults.

JAB Jim Bunch Gutbucketeer