The paper was about the generational differences regarding posting in chat forums. This isn't the only forum I use. As I said, my first love is hardcore punk, and so I compared those chat forums to this one.

Anonymous and pseudonymous posting is de rigeur among my generation, and we see it as no big deal--pretty much the exact opposite. Though the none of the other chat rooms I used had a shadow forum like this one does (ie the PMs), people of my generation both chat and use IM.