some folks brought up that the original wording of clause 5(b) of our terms --
You agree to not [...] (b) register under the name of another person or under a fictional name or alias
-- smacked of a "real name policy."
we 100% agree with those folks, and that wasn't our intent; real name policies are terrible. we got the go-ahead from our lawyer to remove that clause, and have updated our terms of use accordingly; the remainder of the text is unchanged.
our apologies for the concern, and thank you for reading the terms with a keen eye and pushing us on this!
corporations are fundamentally just a group of people sharing a liability shield, and the thing that stops them from responding to people's concerns is not some magic property of a corporation, but that their owners have a disinterest in responding to them or think it's better for their pocketbook that they don't
