"Alan Street" wrote in message
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There are other ways to prevent spam, and being anonymous costs you
credibility.

Giving a name or being anonymous does not prove or disprove credibility.
Only the content of the post can prove that. It is virtually impossible to
prove your identity on the internet. Even the FBI can't know for certain who
is using a computer until they bust down the door and see with their own
eyes who is at the keyboard. People have been unjustly arrested for acts
committed by those who assumed their identity. I use the handle "me" to make
a statement about anonymity and the impossibility of proving ones identity
on the internet.
Anonymous *and* able to prove my credibility,
me