The science of opinion ...

Thyname
Absolutely understand your post but I felt I needed to post my point of view and it was not intended as any slight to anyone.
Just my maybe out of date perspective on the subject.
Old habits die hard for this Englishman!

thyname,

"So that your family, friends, co-workers, etc. know who you are, and interact with you?"

They know who I am. They have my phone number and address. They can easily reach me and do it every day. More often in person than over the electronic means.

“Is your only social media purpose trolling the audio forums?”

This is the only one I visit. Trollingwise, may I remind you that I have not mentioned any name of a person not directly participating, or interacting with me here, and dragged it through the mud?

I simply became curious why you would have different names. Hardly a trolling, whatever the trolling means.

By the way, you have not answered my question why you have different names. It is fine, you do not need to, but just so you know, I have not noticed any post by Ethan Whiner talking bad about you here.

"It’s hard sometimes to turn off the laugh machine. 😂"

Take the batteries out. No more teacher's dirty looks.

You questioned the reasons why I was using my real name in Facebook and a handle in this forum. And I explained you why. What else do you want?

The Brer Rabbit and Tar Baby routine can sometimes be very drawn out. 😬