I use a nickname because I am of the opinion that there are many more people who read this forum than post to it and I sometimes want to say things on here somewhat anonymously - ie slag off my employer. I work for a large organisation and I have no idea whether any, none or several of the rest of the workforce ever read this. However, because of the job I do - which gets sort of mentioned on here fairly regularly - I am kind of known within the team. Let's just say, my life can be difficult enough without my bosses finding out some of the things I have said on here!