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anton t asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 5 years ago

I still want to know why everyone is so scared to let us see who they are. So many anonymous, so many with their info hidden.?

The other day I got an E-Mail from someone thanking me for my answer. The E-Mail had her handle so I looked for the question, couldn't find anything with that name. I like getting letters back from people on this site. I've even started a few friendships from here. This used to be so much easier though. So many people have their E-Mail hidden, their Q&A is even hidden. Is this fear? What are they afraid of? It's the internet, nobody can hurt you here.

Update:

Cyber-bullying? Yeah, that's about as lame as a cat with no legs and no tongue to clean itself. The internet is not a real place, it can be shut off. Pansies; afraid a total stranger might say something about your big ears? So the problem is people hold to much value to what others think?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Because some people don't like others looking at their profile and then turn around making a remark about their points etc on their own answers.

    And also some have stalkers who like to go around TD's their answers and making snide remark about them.

    Some don't want to be notice if they are helping someone with something personal.

    Now there are some who use it to troll and make nasty questions etc.

    So there is always a reason and I wouldn't worry about it..go by their answers not their avatar or nickname.

  • 5 years ago

    Who knows? They mustn't be on here for social reasons.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    It is so easy to act out when nobody can relate it to you.

    But, some slip up, like my little stalker Peter. He only thinks he is hidden.

    Only cowards and liars ever use that blue face. You know a post is dishonest as soon as you see that thing.

    We need to rid this place of that insanity, and of the ability to move stuff to inappropriate places. that is just censorship at an infantile level.

  • When the level 7 abilities came in, what happened was some abusive users would sift through people's questions and answers and then mass delete them, causing the people they didn't like to lose 100's and 1000's of points. So in retaliation many people made their profiles hidden. In addition to this, people started posting anonymously, because those abusive users would resort to deleting their questions and asnwers as they saw them.

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  • 5 years ago

    I don't understand it either. It's not like anyone knows who we really are anyway.

  • 5 years ago

    that's cuz cyberbullying is a major thing in the world now

  • ?
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    True... the anon feature is pretty asinine.. since people's usernames are already anon in the first place

  • 5 years ago

    Maybe they're shy.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    That guy who's obsessed with Jea probably has about 60 sock accounts.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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