Ask HN: What would you have done, in Satoshi's shoes?

Here's an article from the personal blog of a prominent Bitcoin journalist -- http://timothyblee.com/2014/03/06/why-satoshi-worked-so-hard-to-hide-his-identity/ -- rationalizing (and supporting) the creator's decision to remain pseudonymous.

What would you have done, had you been on the verge of publishing that paper in late '08?