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I would hypothesize that the correlation is that a pseudonym increases your sense of invincibility.

If you already think there will be no ramifications of friends/people knowing your opinion, then a pseudonym doesn't give you much incremental benefit.

If, however, the potential ramifications are great, a pseudonym does a lot to distance the ramifications from you individually.



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