How does one go about hiding?

[Horve]

what do you have to hide?

[Furai]

Me? Nothing... I can show you pics later.

[demoniac93]

I'm for.
Sometimes people want to just "lurk", besides, admins will still be able to check activity if needed.

[Horve]

you can lurk as a guest

[echo_trail]

I fail to see how this is, in any way, needed.

[L[0ne]R]

Neither am I, to be honest. :S

[Monsteri]

you can lurk as a guest

[12th_account]

I fail to see how this is, in any way, needed.

Who needs signatures, personal text under the avatar and ASCII smilies converted to images?

I always hide my online status on forums that provide that feature. This way people can't judge me based on what they see me read and how long it takes me to type a response. They can all see what I'm up to and it makes me feel exposed and ashamed. This is why people are making multiple accounts - because the previous ones become unclean after all the judgement.

you can lurk as a guest

Logging out to view threads and then in again to post is very non-user friendly.

[jrgp]

Logging out to view threads and then in again to post is very non-user friendly.

Use multiple browsers, eg Firefox and Chrome, at the same time. One logged in and one not.

[echo_trail]

I fail to see how this is, in any way, needed.

Who needs signatures, personal text under the avatar and ASCII smilies converted to images?

I always hide my online status on forums that provide that feature. This way people can't judge me based on what they see me read and how long it takes me to type a response. They can all see what I'm up to and it makes me feel exposed and ashamed. This is why people are making multiple accounts - because the previous ones become unclean after all the judgement.

It's a means of expressing yourself. Being hidden is not.

[12th_account]

It's a means of expressing yourself. Being hidden is not.

Exactly! I want to NOT express myself. At least you get me.

Use multiple browsers, eg Firefox and Chrome, at the same time. One logged in and one not.

I don't like doing things that are different.

[Illuminatus]

I call for "real names"! Let's go the Blizzard way. D:

[L[0ne]R]

I always hide my online status on forums that provide that feature. This way people can't judge me based on what they see me read and how long it takes me to type a response. They can all see what I'm up to and it makes me feel exposed and ashamed. This is why people are making multiple accounts - because the previous ones become unclean after all the judgement.

If they judge you based on something so insignificant - they're not the kind of people whose opinion should matter to you or anybody else.