Why is it so hard to ask questions directly?

[teeny]

A few days ago I got a personal question from a secret person through a website called Goaqoo, which made me think of why is it easier in many cases to ask questions without disclosing who we are?
I think that there could be quite a lot of reasons for that. For example if you would like to get closer to someone, by asking some indirect questions, you can easily find out if there is any chance for a relationship and if it does not work, you are not directly refused which makes it easier for you.
Another reason might be the fact that we are all curios but there are a lot of questions for which we would like to know the answer but we do not dare to ask those questions directly; and this can also be a good way to surprise someone, by finding out something about him/her and preparing a big surprise based on the answer.

So why is it much easier in some cases to ask / do things if you know that noone will find out who asked / did it? Unless you want it..:)

[IAMWILL]

Oh I thought about this last night! Well....

It's simply because humans hate being embarrassed, and to us, asking any personal questions is embarrassing, let alone answering them. That is of course, to someone you know or have seen. When the person you are talking to is anynomous, or you know not much about them, it is very comforting to us, because of the anynomitity, we know we are safe from exposure. (okay, 95% safe). You have a good understanding of this already, so I'll keep it short.

[Raize]

No one wants to be embarrassed or made fun of. That's why sites like these exist, so people can gather, get to know each other, share themselves, without actual people knowing who they are. I mean, if we were required to use our real names and real pictures, I'm pretty sure this place would be deserted.