in reply to Why is real name hidden?

but why there isn't an option to choose if you want your real name to be shown?

Maybe because it's so easy to do that yourself, by adding a line on your home node?

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Re^2: Why is real name hidden?
by przemo (Scribe) on Apr 22, 2009 at 11:51 UTC

    Sure it is, but then what is the meaning of optional (as you can write anything in "real name"), textual information seen only by Gods? I just don't understand it.

    Sorry if my questions sound a bit arrogant, I didn't planned them to; that little text field just took me by surprise.

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      The field can, for example, be used to verify that you're the account holder if your password recovery email is not reachable for you anymore.

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      Sorry if that wasn't clear, I didn't meant to say that it's a bad idea to make it optional. I just don't think it's worth the effort, given the horror stories I hear about the perlmonks code base.
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      The meaning is.
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