Forum access is not a requirement to use Xojo. Anyone who feels they can not represent themselves anonymously enough within our guidelines can choose to not participate on the forum. We are not legally bound to the GDPR as we are not a European-based company nor does the United States have an agreement with the EU in this matter.
Having said that, we have made significant efforts in several areas of our business to support the GDPR. On the forum, we give our EU users an option that does not provide complete anonymity. There are times when being anonymous is appropriate but those should be the exception not the rule. I don’t have to tell anyone what happens online when people feel they have nothing to lose. The more out in the open people are (using real names, using real pictures for avatars) the more trustworthy they are and that helps build better online communities.