The people who built the Internet did not get a stable
version of identity; You need identity, in the sense that
you are a person, this is who you are these are your
friends and so on … The issue on the Internet is not the
lack of Facebook, the issue on the Internet is the lack
of identity.
I agree that effective identity is about who you can become on the Internet. But there really isn't any middle ground between imposing the name on one's birth certificate and letting people create whatever identity they want - after all, every pseudonym has to begin as anonymous pseudonym and gain connections.
Even if Skud does go by that name in daily life, I don't see how it comes as any surprise that he is suspended pending review for that name. He even says it himself:
> I knew I was at risk of my account (under the name of “Skud .”) being suspended
> The issue on the Internet is not the
lack of Facebook, the issue on the Internet is the lack
of identity.
How would one use PirateBay with a real identity? Or browse porn websites? Or anonymously flirting with people in chat rooms? What's wrong with this Internet? </rhetorical questions>
See also http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/how-to-implement-rel-author .