I once sent an ambulance to someone's house and told them to ask for the guy by his screen name since it was all I had to go off of.
What happened, if you don't mind me asking?
Someone posting worryingly that they might be attempting to suicide by pills. It all worked out though, and they're doing better these days.
I mean it's probably the same for me (idk I never really counted) but I still find it strange when pretty reputable news outlets do it.
I'm a mod on a few reasonably sized reddit subs, and yea, i would have no idea who anyone was by their real name. We are living in a transitional time for media to say the least. I wouldn't be surprised if media, by which i mean reporting style, 50 years from now barely resembles the old guard of today.