i only give away my real name if someone PM's me - i sign my response to them with my real name....

as of a couple of months i've been signing off on my gallery images with my real name also. some people want to protect their privacy .... i dont mind people knowing my real name - since some of those people have become friends.

Maybe with the conversion - Renderosity has given members the option to get their privacy back or the option to do so if they choose.

the who's online list only has usernames on it also....

and the member search option when you look for someone with their username - the result is their username, date of joining, their location and links to their gallery, homepage etc.....