>>7169
>Who is BO?
bu baker here, should be our primary baker based on his remarks. But you could ask him whatever questions you have.

But you raise an interesting questions re the benefits and limitations of anonymity a board like this. Here are some possible observations and questions.

* On 8chan, we know the owner is Jim Watkins, but how many people knew that before March?
* We know the names of both BO's from 8chan (QR = @FastJack, QRB = 8Bit), but we don't know their "real" names.
* Many QR/QRB bakers (espec. regular bakers) have either baker names or identifiable pastebins, in order to facilitate /comms/.
* Other anons are known by what they do (e.g., ResignationAnon) or by the memes they post and/or make from scratch. i sort of have the "identity" of bu baker here but bc we have no bred id's, i'm still not very identifiable except when posting notes or actually baking.
* Anons vary in the degree to which they endorse (or insist upon) anonymity; those on one end want to eliminate fame-fagging while those on the other stress transparency and the ability to better communicate.
* Ironically, in the end, we are anons only to one another; Board Mgmt knows our hashed IPs and nobody argues with that, bc it's necessary for good mgmt.

When i bake on endchan, my pastebin is anon, but when i bake on 8chan, it's transparent. Everyone knows who baked the last bred, which keeps bakers honest imo. Most anons aren't focused on that at this point here, so i don't bother to share that id. But i would, if requested to.

Am in favor of baker names or pastebins when there are more than a couple of bakers bc of the need for good comms. Just try coordinating the bake when the breds are less than an hour--or when Q is posting. ID's really help. (One time a baker who didn't like id's was trying to hand off and there were several of us around, he handed it to me but would not use my baker name, instead used the bred id. I didn't know until @600 that i was the baker, kek.)