| I'm curious to know the reasons that lead people not to want to reveal their real appearance and name in this site, especially those who don't just use it to list the anime and manga that they watched and read, but also use the forum as a means to spread information. Wouldn't revealing your appearance and name perhaps add more credibility to your words? What do you risk losing by doing it? I'm considering the possibility of showing a real picture of mine as my profile picture, which shouldn't be a problem, since the things that I defend in this site are the same ones I defend in sites in which I show pictures of myself, like Facebook and Goodreads, and then it would be easier for me to link my writings that I publish with my real name, but I'm always hesitating to reveal my identity, and end up not doing it, though I don't know exactly why. It feels almost like some kind of taboo that can't be broken for some mysterious reason, perhaps because almost everyone else is only using drawings of anime/manga/light novel characters as their avatar or profile picture, so if I use a picture of myself it will look out of place. Another possibility that I thought about is that hiding the identity gives people more freedom to write certain things without the risk of being held legally responsible for them. Is that it? Is there any special reason for you not to want to reveal your appearance and name in this specific site, or do you simply not do it anywhere on the internet? |
| “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” ― Saint Augustine |
| I have no fear and have showed my face multiple times. My username is literally my name with the first 2 letters cut off lol. |
  ♡ Harder Daddy ♡ |
| My reason is that don’t want people I know in real life to find out that I have allocated 90 days of my life to anime. |
 もろともに 哀れと思へ 山桜 花より外に 知る人もなし. On a mountain slope, Solitary, uncompanioned, Stands a cherry tree. Except for you, lonely friend, To others I am unknown. |
_Nette_ said: I have no fear and have showed my face multiple times. My username is literally my name with the first 2 letters cut off lol. Ah, yeah, of course, there are some exceptions. I've seen one of your pictures. The part about the name is interesting. |
| “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” ― Saint Augustine |
| Because I don't want to be doxxed so that people irl would make a fake police call to my house. |
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| I'm not ashamed to let anyone know I watch anime nor am I afraid to put a face behind the things I say...For the most part. I'm extremely vocal when I'm out in public with friends. In fact I've likely said much worse stuff (at least as far as jokes go) in public than I've said on here. It just boils down to it not feeling necessary for me to show my face on a site like this. |
_Nette_ said: I have no fear and have showed my face multiple times. My username is literally my name with the first 2 letters cut off lol. Post nudes please. Asking for a MAL friend |
| Because I don't like you people like that. |
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| The lack of interest from others + the preference to keep it private (not secret) I've seen quite a few people use their actual picture (or what I think portrays them) as their profile picture and in my mind, it's perfectly the decision of every user whether they want a picture of themselves or not I'd just advise against choosing pictures that would go against common decency, as in not posting pictures for which you're in underwear or naked, even when the private parts are not in the frame For the sake of decency: stay normally clothed like how you would be when you go outside to the city when you aren't looking for attention + when it isn't hot and not how you would be when you go to the beach on a hot, sunny day or how you would be if you wanted to impress other people with your figure and you can avoid a lot of possible backlash that way |
| Because sometimes I'm cringe and gay and I don't want it attached to my face/name. |
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MF_Kane said: _Nette_ said: I have no fear and have showed my face multiple times. My username is literally my name with the first 2 letters cut off lol. Post nudes please. Asking for a MAL friend Only if you find me on Grindr, lol that's where I share my noodz |
♡ Harder Daddy ♡ |
| Anime/manga is full of fanservice schoolgirl anime. I rather it not be seen by my potential employers given how cancel culture and censorship are nowadays. I avoid social media for the same reason. You never want to make yourself hard to hire due to your online persona. Ie Kodomo no Jikan No Game No Life To love ru Ect (Not even mentioning hentai) Additional reason is having no public face gives you more ability to say controversial opinions. |
rohan121Aug 29, 2021 1:04 PM
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| My name is revealed in my profile which everyone can enter and read it, my appearance so far I haven't revealed how I look like, not because I don't want or anything like that, there was no reason to show my face in different forum threads, if someone really want to see my face for me it isn't a problem to take a selfie with my profile on background so you will know that it is 100% legit photo x) |
| I don't show my face or name because 1) It's a stupid thing to do for me personally because over the years there are people on the internet who know me and dislike me enough to try and ruin my life if they found my name, linked it to this account and scoured through my posts for any personal details given out, which I'm sure I have here and there. I have only this account name for this profile for a reason, I want to escape other places. 2) Nobody I know of is curious enough to want to see me in real life, and I'm not so overconfident as to post it without anybody asking for it in the first place. I don't judge, but from past experiences, people have probably viewed me as arrogant because I would often post my picture as an introduction when I didn't need to. 3) I have put a picture of myself out before, linked to a video game. Experiences were positive at first, then declined as people would constantly bring the pictures up. People would use my image as leverage to try and force others to show themselves, because I had no reason to hide myself didn't mean others had to. It usually ends in me leaving the communities I'm in, I've never fared well in the same community if I put my picture or name in it. For a somewhat social outcast, putting my image out there only when I was 16-17 was a huge confidence boost when it was well received. But when you make enemies online, it's not such a good thing. The internet is a big place, people all around the world can do many things to your image. There's a reason why most of my social media is private or seldom ever used. I don't really act any different from how I do in real life (I hope) so there's that. |
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| I'm ugly, my real name is even more ugly, and i made enemies on the web that are people even worse than me. These are also reasons why i pretty much never use the same username in the very few platforms where i have an account. |
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| I never really gave it any thought since I joined. |
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| I like my privacy and don't want to risk getting doxxed. It's to the point that I won't even disclose my IRL name even if it is fairly common and many other people have the same name. |
| Because showing who I am to a bunch of strangers online is not a good idea in this day and age |
| Stuff in the streets, Stuff with drip in the sheets |
| because i gain nothing from it, if there was an advantage to it i would fo it but there isn't any and cinnabar is cuter, but i have no roblem with my name since its retty common and i've also shared my country before, i've just put a cup in a microwave while forgotting to put milk in it, no reason why i said that ujst thought i'd share, i've also thought of drawing my face with paint and put ti as my avatar since i think i'd look cute but never got around to learn how to use paint lol |
e5812Aug 29, 2021 2:49 PM
Desolated said: Because I don't want to be doxxed so that people irl would make a fake police call to my house. Please correct me if I'm missing something important here, but shouldn't it be safe enough as long as you don't disclose your address anywhere on the internet? Noboru said: The lack of interest from others + the preference to keep it private (not secret) I've seen quite a few people use their actual picture (or what I think portrays them) as their profile picture and in my mind, it's perfectly the decision of every user whether they want a picture of themselves or not I'd just advise against choosing pictures that would go against common decency, as in not posting pictures for which you're in underwear or naked, even when the private parts are not in the frame For the sake of decency: stay normally clothed like how you would be when you go outside to the city when you aren't looking for attention + when it isn't hot and not how you would be when you go to the beach on a hot, sunny day or how you would be if you wanted to impress other people with your figure and you can avoid a lot of possible backlash that way I'm genuinely interested in seeing how some people in my friends list, including you, look like... It helps to have a better idea of whom exactly I'm dealing with, though it's true that sometimes it may end up having a negative effect. BallistikJuice said: Because all real people aesthetically are trash-looking compared to >2D and made-up nicknames are much cooler than any real names. In fact, in terms of aesthetics the quality of the site would be decreased a lot if it became common for people to show their real faces in their profile pictures, like in Facebook. |
ColtBuntlineAug 29, 2021 2:56 PM
| “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” ― Saint Augustine |
Mummykun said: I kind of have said what I work as, my ethnicity, as well as the island I work at. Idk but, some people might be able to guess though the chance is low.Desolated said: Because I don't want to be doxxed so that people irl would make a fake police call to my house. Please correct me if I'm missing something important here, but shouldn't it be safe enough as long as you don't disclose your address anywhere on the internet? Noboru said: The lack of interest from others + the preference to keep it private (not secret) I've seen quite a few people use their actual picture (or what I think portrays them) as their profile picture and in my mind, it's perfectly the decision of every user whether they want a picture of themselves or not I'd just advise against choosing pictures that would go against common decency, as in not posting pictures for which you're in underwear or naked, even when the private parts are not in the frame For the sake of decency: stay normally clothed like how you would be when you go outside to the city when you aren't looking for attention + when it isn't hot and not how you would be when you go to the beach on a hot, sunny day or how you would be if you wanted to impress other people with your figure and you can avoid a lot of possible backlash that way I'm genuinely interested in seeing how some people in my friends list, including you, look like... BallistikJuice said: Because all real people aesthetically are trash-looking compared to >2D and made-up nicknames are much cooler than any real names. In fact, in terms of aesthetics the quality of the site would be decreased a lot if it became common for people to show their real faces in their profile pictures, like in Facebook. |
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| I grew up in a time when it was common sense not to post your face/name on the internet. |
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Desolated said: Mummykun said: I kind of have said what I work as, my ethnicity, as well as the island I work at. Idk but, some people might be able to guess though the chance is low.Please correct me if I'm missing something important here, but shouldn't it be safe enough as long as you don't disclose your address anywhere on the internet? Oh, I see. That makes sense. Thanks for answering. |
| “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” ― Saint Augustine |
| No credibility is won is you know that you are talking to an expert; their so-called expertise does not make them magically right. I will refrain from quoting names, but that really upsets me when I hear people who study a field and are completely ignorant about the basic philosophical, ethical or more trivially aesthetic questions about it. |
Mummykun said: Thanks for that, but I prefer if it's more than just curiosityI'm genuinely interested in seeing how some people in my friends list, including you, look like... It helps to have a better idea of whom exactly I'm dealing with, though it's true that sometimes it may end up having a negative effect. Yes, but then again, even a video chat could be kinda not giving enough authentic impression compared to an actual meetup |
| Because social engineering exists, so you should never ever reveal on public internet location any more personal information than what was is strictly needed; as in, if you reveal enough so that AI can connect your internet account to your real identity (pictures of yourself is definitely a case like this), then you screwed up already. Remember, even if you delete an info after a while, there will be way to recover it, so it's too late to regret afterwards. It's less about you personally and more about you could open a window into your company 's security system by being targetted that way, as it's pretty common nowadays. I guess children may not understand that, but once you'll be working for a company, you'll understand what it means. |
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| I mean there are a lot to risk showing your face won't name them, the names not so much but the reason why i won't show my face in any site is because i don't trust the internet enough and there's such a much better pfp then someone's face |
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| I don't really want to and it's as simple as that. Though maybe that will change in the future |
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Noboru said: Mummykun said: Thanks for that, but I prefer if it's more than just curiosityI'm genuinely interested in seeing how some people in my friends list, including you, look like... It helps to have a better idea of whom exactly I'm dealing with, though it's true that sometimes it may end up having a negative effect. Yes, but then again, even a video chat could be kinda not giving enough authentic impression compared to an actual meetup More than just curiosity? Are you referring to the process of asking for a picture of a person to know if he or she is pretty enough to date and have a romantic relationship with in real life? Yeah, especially if the video chat was made with the two wearing masks, but I think just seeing a simple unedited picture of someone is enough if the purpose is just to know how the person you are talking to looks like, which is far from being as informative as the experience of having direct contact with the person in real life, but at least it's something, instead of the two ending up having very long discussions through the internet for a lot of time without ever having any idea of each other's appearance, and then one day one of the two finds out what is the appearance of the other and ends up regretting the time spent in the conversations. Of course, this depends on how much each person cares for appearances; Some people may not care enough in comparison to how much they care for the content of the conversations that they had independently of the other's appearance, but to be honest I don't think this is very normal, as our appearances are part of our humanity, so it doesn't seem right to think that all what matters about another person is just what is being shown through texts, and it's more human-like to talk to people while taking their looks into consideration, which doesn't mean to say that what has been written will lose its value if the person who wrote it happens to be very ugly, but my point is just that when two persons talk to each other, although they are using texts as the means of communication, it's important to keep in mind that they are not talking to the texts that they are seeing on their screens, but to the person who wrote the texts. In dating apps some people warn beforehand that they only talk to people who show their faces before trying to start a conversation, and I think it makes sense. |
| “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” ― Saint Augustine |
Mummykun said: I'm referring to asking for sharing pictures so that people can recognize each other when they meet up. It's not restricted to romantic relationships, but the motivation is usually the highest thereMore than just curiosity? Are you referring to the process of asking for a picture of a person to know if he or she is pretty enough to date and have a romantic relationship with in real life? The thing is, there are lots of things that can willingly and unwillingly alter the impression that it just doesn't do the actual expression justice. Like it's rather difficult to discern unaltered images. Or when someone is simply not photogenic or has poor camera settings and/or quality my point is just that when two persons talk to each other, although they are using texts as the means of communication, it's important to keep in mind that they are not talking to the texts that they are seeing on their screens, but to the person who wrote the texts. Fair point, but if you want that, you're better off going to Facebook or Twitter |
| why is there a need to show my real face and name? it's unnecessary. anyone who knows me can find me by this name. it's just an alias. no more then does real faces. reveal your true nature. names are just words in the end. they don't define your exact nature and a face does not match to a persons inner nature. people can have other reasons as well. to protect themselves. to protect there families. or they just don't feel like it. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus  |
| All excuse you guys make hurr durr filipino jail |
| I like to keep certain things private on diff websites tho it's not hard to find my face really, I've linked my Twitch to my MAL acc haha |
| desu desu binches |
hazarddex said: why is there a need to show my real face and name? it's unnecessary. anyone who knows me can find me by this name. it's just an alias. no more then does real faces. reveal your true nature. names are just words in the end. they don't define your exact nature and a face does not match to a persons inner nature. people can have other reasons as well. to protect themselves. to protect there families. or they just don't feel like it. Showing your face and real name is a sign that you're willing to take full responsibility for the things that you write, without making it seem like you're just having the courage to write certain things because you're hiding your true identity behind an alias. On the other hand I also feel like great part of the reason that leads people to show a real picture of themselves on the internet is just vanity. |
| “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” ― Saint Augustine |
| Well, first of all, I value privacy and do not want to bring any of my Internet conflicts or problems into real life. Secondly, I don't really like my appearance, so I find it awkward. |
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| 1) I don't like it. 2) Anime faces >>> 3) People don't take me seriously due to my baby face. 4) People can find my real name due to my face and I hate my name. |
ToumaTachibanaAug 30, 2021 3:23 PM
| BANZAI NIPPON. Nippon is the Land of freedom. Nippon is the Land of Peace. Nippon is the Land of Justice and Prosperity. In Nippon, we trust. We love Nippon, we love Anime. Anime love us, Nippon love us. 日本 |
| Because why the hell do I want randoms on MAL to know what my name irl is and what I look like? This is a website for anime discussion, not Facebook. |
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| I don’t have my face on a lot of platforms since there’s no point to. First I’m kinda self conscious about myself, 2 I just don’t want my face on the internet. |
| If there's a hole there's a goal-Master Oogway |
| I don't want to have to worry about risk of family members of mine spying on my personal conversations online or people contacting family members of mine. I want my privacy. I have let a select few see me and know my name. |
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| 1. Doxing. No thanks. I literally have a child, so protecting my personal information from random strangers on the internet is important to me. 2. I don't need to reveal myself. People don't know me from a hole in the wall. Therefore, I fail to see how knowing what I look like and my real name would make my opinions on an anime internet forum more or less valid. 3. Honestly, who knows who uses this site at the end of the day. I like being able to comfortably and anonymously voice my thoughts and opinions with out worrying about someone from work noticing - because honestly the staff at my job might as well be walking around with the word "weeb" written across their foreheads. I would not be the least bit surprised if my co-workers frequented MAL. |
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