For what it's worth, I think a certain amount of deception and anonymity on the 'net is merely prudent. It's really just a kind of firewall, a smart move usually.
I also just now discovered there was a Barrow Downs group on Facebook. I put in my request to join as well . . .
p.s.--my alter-ego here is "
ainur" though I can't remember his password. That's how radagastly came to be.