I never use the shout box, or even look at it, and am visible. It might be that sometimes people have tried to speak to me via the shout box and were annoyed when I seemed to ignore them. If so, I apologise; it wasn't intentional.

I can, though, understand that some people, or their parents, might be worried about showing their presence online for safety reasons. Although this forum, like LDW's games, is as child-friendly as possible, it is better to be safe than sorry.