IIRC, No one is saying that publishing names is libel, or even an invasion of privacy (at least no one credible is saying that). It is merely a "convention" based on the fact that a porn industry board should not put porn industry performers in danger by facilitating stalkers.

The convention is based on the assumption that porn performers are more likely to be the object of violent stalkers than other public figures (correctly or not).

This topic has been covered many times and for many years. One such example appears below:

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Sorry Zenman, but I have already had enough.

This falls under stalking, or encouragement thereof, and harassing talent. You can't do that here.

Real names may be an innocent fetish of yours. Unfortunately we can't put the girls at risk of RockSwami or worse just to satisfy your fetish - your idle curiosity does not justify the very real likelihood of late night harassing phone calls or the possibility of drunken visitors, etc.

xxporntalk is a pretty open forum for saying what you think, but there is a different between saying you think someone has a fat ass & hurting their feelings and posting their name & having them visited by a stalker.

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