I'm about to join a certain forum site because a friend has asked me to and says it's a lot of fun, however, I happen to know that an old friend who I have fallen out with happens to be a moderator of the site. Obviously creating an account for the site involves me using my email address, and considering my email address is a give away as to who I am (being that it's my name), I reckon if that person happened to come across my account and see my email address, they'd know who I am, and I hate the idea of someone knowing who I am in real life on one of these sites (it's nothing sexual, just a media based site). I'm not embarrassed that they'll know who I am, I'd just rather they didn't know it was me, especially considering our friendship got a little bit ugly toward the end, and although I know they're probably not the type of person to act unjustly towards me (banning me, trolling me, talking shit, etc..) I'd still rather remain unknown. I know all forum sites probably won't work the same as each other, so there's no guarantee that moderators, say, on this site have the same access to certain information as on other sites. But I figured I'd ask anyway seeing as a lot of forum sites seem to be pretty similar in how they operate.
So basically, am I safe, in the unlikely event that that person should come across my account, in the knowledge that they have no way of knowing my email address and therefore knowing who I am? Or should I create a different email if I wish to remain anonymous?
Thanks