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Persistent pseudonymity can also offer visibility in a way that anonymity cannot, which allows you and your work to gain an online reputation and following over time, as well as the ability to network with others. Successfully establishing an online reputation and connections with online networks will still depend on members of trust-based online communities deciding whether you are worthy of their trust, which can make your online reputation a crucial element of your online pseudonymous identity. You may even choose to reveal your legal identity or ‘real name’ to some people within trust-based networks, or not. Any potential decision to connect your pseudonym and the online reputation associated with it to your ‘real name’ is a highly personal choice made according to your needs and context.