Should hubber hide behind a name with no real photo?
When someone chooses not to post a real photo of himself with his writing it isn’t necessarily a matter of “hiding”. I don’t choose to post a photo of myself, and I would venture to say that my writing (whether or HubPages or anywhere else online where I have material) – if nothing else – could not be more honest, open, and authentic. Although I have only rarely been questioned about anything I’ve written, I am prepared to back up what I write (with further clarification, references, etc.), knowing that anyone can either ask me to through Hub comments or else e.mail me. Based on some of the “real” photos I see on HubPages and elsewhere, I (like many others) have reason to suspect that not everyone in those “real” photos are the writer. I have a perfectly acceptable face (one nose, two eyes – all the usual stuff 🙂 ), so it has never even occurred to me that not posting a picture would be seen as “hiding”. I suspect a lot of people are like me, though, in that many people are not very c
