I have been afraid of sharing my ideas, post history, etc. in a way that could be easily traced back to my identity for years. I made sure my accounts and usernames bore no personally identifiable tid-bits. I use a VPN religiously (that won't change).

I've since decided that I am done with all that.

I was afraid my employer might question my Reddit posting history (they wouldn't.) I was worried someone who Googled me would think my past self was dumb (who cares).

Now my ideas are almost all public and growing more so by the day. I am working up the energy to start a personal blog, if anything just to document my ideas over time. I am adding my real name and email to my Github, HN, (not Reddit, yet, though it would not be hard to connect), IH, etc.

I want someone to be able to Google me and find my best work.

On the other hand, there are clearly cases and types of info/accounts that should remain private. I self-host as much as possible. I encrypt personal files before uploading. I have multiple Protonmail accounts. I use custom DNS, etc.

Ideas should be public. Information is a case by case basis, but I generally care a lot less than I used to.