I absolutely blame Facebook for this shift. Words cannot describe how freaking WEIRD it was in the mid-00s when there was suddenly this popular website where you were required to use your real, brickspace name and encouraged to post photos of yourself. Every single bit of Standard Internet Safety prior to then said that you should never ever ever do either of those.
Facebook really screwed the proverbial pooch in that regard. Even MySpace wasn't that bad and let you stay anonymous.
This Is why I love tumblr and it's still my favorite "social media" I'm tired of being known in every single oddity by people in my real life. Being weird on the internet is a delight that I shouldn't be worried about people in my life making judgements over.

















