And, as has been said, PLEASE join the happy throng. We range from serious musicians to academic folklorists to dilettantes to content members of the designated audience (moi!). We are heavily USian-UKish-Aussie-Canadian, but have active members from Iceland, Germany, Belgium, China and other places...but one thing many of us are is highly opinionated and not terribly shy. I can't remember if Guests can access the member profile information or not, but that is where "personal" stuff is stored - and I'll guess that less than a quarter of the membership have anything there.

Names are a matter of personal preference - mine is my real name, I'm in Albuquerque and I'm in the phone book. Other people prefer to use a hobby, a nickname, a physical description of them self, or who knows what...all that is asked is that you (mostly) use the same name all the time.

Advantages of membership? Well, you get access to the live chatroom, which can be fun, and gives you a chance to get better acquainted with those of us who hanbg out there. You get to be in the annual "Secret Santa" exchange (which isn't quite as silly as it sounds), and where you can log out and log back in as "sorcha's secret santa" and bug the heck out of whoever you have drawn.

Jump on in - you'll enjoy yourself.