Re: [Haskell-cafe] Hackage accounts and real names

I think this is a bad idea as it ruins recognisability. How am I meant to know that anonymous1 on hackage is the same person as mrfoo on haskellwiki, for example?

I should not have to point out how unreliable this method of identifying individuals is... I suppose there is no way of preventing mrfoo from adding his nick to the Maintainer or Author fields anyway. For those who claim that there are no advantages of real name policy's, consider Facebook. Arguably the astonishing success of Facebook is utterly based on a real names policy... 2010/4/6 David House :

2010/4/6 Jonas Almström Duregård :

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Maybe users could choose between using a real name and being given a random one (like Anonymous<N>). This will (1) protect from data mining, (2) protect from government persecution and (3) keep the damned 1337 Haxxor names away from Hackage :)

I think this is a bad idea as it ruins recognisability. How am I meant to know that anonymous1 on hackage is the same person as mrfoo on haskellwiki, for example?

P.s. if (3) is your real reason for supporting this restriction, please rethink your perspective. You are supporting a policy that is hurting the community for mere aesthetic reasons.