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Ladies Poll: Should we ever reveal our real names on Yahoo Answers?

to anyone?... Whether by messaging or else..?

i didn't mind it, until i heard some rumor.

and now i wonder if it is the right thing to do.

Update:

Edit: the rumor? well this lady once said in her message to me that she doesn't share her name ever, because of all the back-stabbing that is going on on Yahoo.. and then I thought to myself that it may not be a great idea for a lady to share her name. after all men come and go, but ladies are different.. you know what i mean?!

Update 2:

@ Sam.. Lol

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    I do tell my real name when asked. What are the rumors you heard?

    Oh, OK, thank you for explaining what the rumor was about;

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    confident, one time. I usually use the internet at my public library. i don't very own a printer, so i take advantage of the printer on the library the place i can get 10 pages consistent with day. I upload what i want to print to my digital mail. Then, I spend a couple of minutes doing different issues. sooner or later final 3 hundred and sixty 5 days, as i replace into answering questions, a guy walked in the back of me and observed the solutions reveal, and commented that he solutions questions too, like me, some at a time, each and every couple of days. We did not commerce any very own ideas.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    Sometimes I do. Just my first and never my Facebook profile. It's okay for your first name only, it's not like there gonna hunt you down using your first name. But don't give them your twitter or Facebook or phone number or address, only first names

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    I've revealed my real name on Y!A once or twice before because I know nobody cares.

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  • 9 years ago

    i use my real name: jasmine and through all the years that i've been using the web,nothing has happened so far....best wishes

    xxx

  • 9 years ago

    It depends. You have to use your judgment and your intuition. Mary Sylvie is part of my real name!

    Source(s): ms
  • ?
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    This is my real name.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I only reveal my real name to certain people. :)

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    No , its just a name? its not your social security number, live a little...

  • 9 years ago

    Veronica really is my real name.

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