Have you ever hidden your identity with a fictitious name?
404518
Never.  Sauron is my name.
277315
Perhaps it is your name or surname, or a combination of both?
1132251
"and your last name?"
671152
I must confess,I am quite gullible, \nfaith, is my middle name
177713
I don't think you can hide your name, but if you go to the "My Q&A" webpage and click on "edit my info", you can choose to use another nickname (i assume you can choose one different from your yahoo! id).
1029761
yes it will if you set it up to show   it will show you real name or you screen name     you will find it in preferences
1087819
Are you well known in your area by your nickname? Also, do you have things about you that keep you different than the others with the same name? Originality is the key. If not to both questions, then I'd think of something different.
617121
Disguise the names but don't keep changing it, be consistent. Call yourself Cassandra and keep calling yourself Cassandra.
906417
yes, a lot of times. i have felt the need to mask my feelings a lot of times. specially when i know that someone might get hurt if he/she knows how i feel about it, and i don't want to hurt him/her. some people might say it's dishonest of me to do so. but  u have to look at both the sides of the coin.\nalso, i don't show the real side of me, except to a very few people who i think can know me. it's exciting this way. like making someone discover u layer by layer. \nfrankly, i don't know what i'm talking about now! \n\np.s. if i falsely claim that i am a hypocrite, does that make me a hypocrite??
677016
when i was younger i had a fake ID. i memorized EVERYTHING on that ID! SSN, address, of course birthday, ID number...\n\nBut the bouncer wasn't convinced it was me so he asked me what my zodiac sign was! Uhhh.... Pisces?!\n\nNope Gemini...\n\nIt worked every other time though!
1123290
hahaha\nA matter of fact I have. I ran into it and said excuse me. When I turned around........lol\nIt wasn't a real person.
51818
The simple answer: yes.\n\nIf someone has the right sources at their fingertips, they could do anything. Someone could use your name to find your mailing address, and use your name and mailing address to pull up your credit report, which would have your social security number. With a little bit of research they could find out your mother's maiden name...you see where this is going.
1148739
Oh, well I would imagine it would then depend on what the document does or what you are doing with that document. I am pretty sure that creating a list of peoples names in of itself is not a problem especially without attaching anything that is actually "identifying", such as SSN, address, date of birth, account numbers, etc. Another issue would then be also whether the document that the names are on would be derogatory or harmful to anyone in someway and how much that harm would cause to a person. (If it's a minor insult versus a major embarrassment, the victim would be less likely to do anything about it). If you are using the document to indicate the person who's name is listed is granting some sort of approval or support, that could open up various fraud issues, etc.
1096094
I don't think so unless you want to change\nyour identity
391201
Actually I did something like this once for a friend of mine. She was dating this guy and she wasn't really sure how sincere he was. So, I put up a personal ad incognito of course and snagged him. It was fun to play an alter ego of mine! She got what she wanted and I got to have some fun.
218213
Only if you are who you say you are.\nYou look suspiciously familar.
1025170
I don't let people know the "real" me very often. I let them know hints of it, but I really don't think that anyone would like to know very much about my itty bitty life. If asked I will be completely truthful, but it isn't always easy to offer up information.