Dear writers (but also artists of otter kinds), especially those writing smut, kink and everything in between,
Do you publish your work in form of files on various websites? Please for the love of Cthulhu - scrub your metadata! Some programs, particularly Microsoft Word really love to get very intimate with your IRL identity (by integrating with your Microsoft account) and then default to produce all documents with your legal name baked into them.
I've sent 3 messages to writers because 3 writers out of 20 stories I've downloaded off a furry website had their legal name in file metadata.
This wasn't intended if to believe 2 of responses I've got.
If you care about separation of your online identity and IRL identity, do make sure your documents don't have more than you are willing others to see in the metadata.