@GeorgeMcGee I have always used my real name on I'Net - & that's going back over 20 years when my participation was mostly via websites no longer in existence, some early "social media".
I made my views on anonymity (aka "privacy") public back in June 2004: http://selfsip.org/focus/anonymity.html They are still valid.

I'm not pleased w/ Gab's insistence that in order to be "verified" my display name must exactly match how it appears on my ID (initials being optional). However my lifelong nickname, "Kitty", has also been my name on all websites I have & posted to. My legal name "Katherine" is not hidden - http://morelife.org/personal/ - but is not used outside of legal documents, including Gov IDs. Most annoying w/ Gab on this issue is that were I to change my "display name" to match my ID, I would be prevented (via software) to change that display name, back to my commonly used & desired I'Net name that it is now. Gab admits that "Public figures, and businesses have different guidelines for verification." Hhmmmm.....