u/MurkySalamander106 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Being anonymous online is protection for yourself too from trolls and stupid people. I'll be honest with you. I wouldn't use my real name and photo here. I wouldn't think this is your real name and photo either. Why would you use your real name?
u/michaelnovati replied ·
That's fair, I respect both sides of it. I worked at Facebook for a very long time (2009 to 2017) and saw every kind of spam/marketing/trick in the book and I have some friends who work at Reddit as well who comment on similar things. It's just the downside that comes from the upside is that it's hard to trust anything you read on Reddit from new accounts without sources, or take it 100% seriously.
I feel strongly about using my real name in this subreddit because bootcamps are polarizing, and I've seen what happened at FB when you combine polarizing topics + anonymous people + bad intentions. I want to promote real, middle road pros-and-cons discussions about things openly and transparently.