I usually check out info on other posters. I know from here and other forums that you can often understand a post better if you know something about the poster. As such, I have filled out some information about myself.
The same words from a brand new forum member and a long time poster are likely to mean entirely different things.
I do prefer a certain amount of anonymity however and I have enough other online and offline places to socialize so I don’t generally seek out friendships from here. (I have made some, however.) I figure I’ve given enough information here that anyone who REALLY wants to know who I am could figure it out. But I’m not going to give it away easily.