Pseudonyms: The Natural State of Online Identity | Privacy Digest This article does a nice job of making a point I have been talking around for some time. The Internet naturally supports pseudonymity, and that is really what we want most of the time. When I talk to someone on-line, I am most interested that I am still talking today with the person I started talking to last month. Whether the name actually corresponds to their birth certificate is not important (and I would not have any idea in a real world encounter either).