I Am Using My Real Pic Here

Isn't it slightly strange that anonymity here is great, one of the founding principles of the site, yet many users are beginning to find the confidence to use their actual selfies as userpics/avatars? Names are rarely used, but photo's are all over the site now. I like it, it's kinda cool. We could almost have a meetup of users who have their pics up and use screennames in place of real names. I like it, but I can't quite explain why.