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<blockquote data-quote="Stopspying" data-source="post: 869625" data-attributes="member: 69368">If we lose our own (unique?) identity then we&#039;re all in danger of becoming the same, almost clones if you disregard physical differences. I prefer variety, it makes wider society richer IMO. I do value my identity and try to protect it as best I can.Imagine that you are a long way from home, you have an accident that leads you to have amnesia, you can&#039;t remember where you live, your name, what you do or who you know. That is an example of where you lose your identity, without any clues to your former past you have to start over again, imagine trying to do that later on in life. It would probably be easier to start again at a younger age. You have no idea about your family, whether you have children, whether you have huge debts, or riches. All you know is that the clothes you hopefully can stand up in are yours, probably. If I&#039;d formerly had lots of debts, a bad job, didn&#039;t get on with my family etc it might not be a bad idea to start over again, but who am I? Nobody where I am knows me. Even a bad identity might be preferable to no identity.The above deals with the real world, online it can be a very different case. Stopspying is not the name my parents gave me! There are advantages in having anonymity here, as there can be in the real world. Other parts of my online life require me to be me - using the name &#039;Stopspying&#039; won&#039;t gain me access to my online bank. account.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stopspying, post: 869625, member: 69368"] If we lose our own (unique?) identity then we're all in danger of becoming the same, almost clones if you disregard physical differences. I prefer variety, it makes wider society richer IMO. I do value my identity and try to protect it as best I can. Imagine that you are a long way from home, you have an accident that leads you to have amnesia, you can't remember where you live, your name, what you do or who you know. That is an example of where you lose your identity, without any clues to your former past you have to start over again, imagine trying to do that later on in life. It would probably be easier to start again at a younger age. You have no idea about your family, whether you have children, whether you have huge debts, or riches. All you know is that the clothes you hopefully can stand up in are yours, probably. If I'd formerly had lots of debts, a bad job, didn't get on with my family etc it might not be a bad idea to start over again, but who am I? Nobody where I am knows me. Even a bad identity might be preferable to no identity. The above deals with the real world, online it can be a very different case. Stopspying is not the name my parents gave me! There are advantages in having anonymity here, as there can be in the real world. Other parts of my online life require me to be me - using the name 'Stopspying' won't gain me access to my online bank. account. [/QUOTE]

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