To stay anonymous

Mr John, a once active member of the Hive Blockchain, got pinned down by the punishers of the Hive Blockchain, either for an actual crime or a mere misunderstanding. He tried all possible ways to remedy the situation, but hell no, the punishers of Hive Blockchain took the case very personal. Mr John became depressed; the only platform he was using to express his opinions had been taken away from him.

He thought deeply about it and realized he could not just stay off like that. So, he decided to reappear again, but this time, to stay anonymous in order not to be noticed by the punishers of the Hive Blockchain.

So, you think it is not possible to stay and live completely anonymous? It is possible!

Mr John created a new account with entirely different details and used an object as a display photo. Life started again, and because he already knew all the ways the system worked, he found everything easy. He lived like that, unnoticeable and untraceable.

At some point, he needed to fully get involved with all the happenings in the system, such as participating on Discord and X. He went on to create new social media accounts for the purpose of supporting the new anonymous account he was using.

You want to tell me that everybody can be traced on social media? Of course not everyone!

For those new social media accounts he created, he used new email addresses, emails created strictly for the purpose of opening those social media accounts. Of course, one can create emails without phone numbers. If you have not noticed that, then haven't toured the web world.

So that is it. Mr John can stay completely anonymous. He can even relate with everyone, to the point of linking up on social media, yet no one will know his real identity.

I have a friend whom I only know about 9%. We talk very often. She always knows how to cut off conversations that lead to identity and personal matters. Although I have seen her photo, just once.

So yes, one can live a very anonymous life, for years upon years, maintain good relationships with people, and those people will never truly know who the person is.

Or do you not know that even ghosts operate social media accounts? Yoh! I am not being superstitious just because I am an African man. There are real ghosts on social media! 😂

Leaving the ghost matter aside, you should also think about the common trends of internet fraudsters. These people can stay for years operating anonymous accounts while targeting their prey. Some months ago, when a scam related saga on the Hive Blockchain erupted, I had to pause and think whether the lady was actually who I thought I knew, or if she had been fake from the very beginning.

Mehn! Some people can be very mean and extremely smart when it comes to anonymous lifestyle and scamming people.

Thanks for reading.

Please note that the "Mr John" used in explaining how easy it is for someone to stay anonymous is just a randomly picked name. It is never intended to point at anyone or encourage people to cheat the Hive system by living an anonymous lifestyle.

This is my entry to Week 203, Edition 03 of the Weekly Featured contest in Hive Learners Community

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