Let me explain, and I’m going to @WichitaDM here as well since I think you’re both discussing this in good faith.
I don’t have a problem with people on this forum knowing my name, and I understand that ship has sailed. However, my old screenname is forever linked to my real name in Google searches. Which is fine, however on this corner of the Internet, a small group of people has been harassing me for years and has posted a handful of false character attacks that I don’t want linked to my real name. One person here specifically threatened to ruin my reputation in the poker world. My real name has been posted, my initials have been posted, and I’ve had creepy PMs using my real name and referencing personal facts about my life.
Since UP doesn’t do moderation, I asked to have my username changed and to have people stop referring to me as the old username to try to prevent UP from showing up in searches for my old screenname, the last line of defense against stupid Internet drama bleeding into my real life.
I stopped posting here seven months ago and have only been posting on SPE since then, I don’t want to be involved in any drama. The fact that this harassment of me has continued for seven months after I stopped posting should make it obvious who does and does not want drama.