Newbie submitter needs assistance

[Lemmy]

Originally Posted by WarBot

I cant figure out why anyone would need my whois information?

Well, the thing is when you submit your site to a LL you're asking to do business with the owner. I for one like to know who I'm doing business with. Of course you can lie about anything, but having your info publicly available at least gives some reassurance that you're on the straight and narrow (this may be a bad assumption to make, since cheaters are of course the worst liars of all).

In another thread on the same subject I saw a very good analogy: Would you do business in the brick and mortar world with someone who kept his identity a secret?