Why is it that many don't want to be known by their name?

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I think one of the things that got me thinking about this is the signature, "-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer". I much more prefer calling him Bill than Kraichgauer. Mainly because trying to remember how to spell Kraichgauer would be a pain.

Anonymity, especially on a forum like this one where people post some pretty personal things about themselves and their health. Most people don’t want that info searchable by just anyone who happens to google their name.

And I guess because made up aliases can be fun.

Oh, and you have posted your surname here at least once, Ezra, or I wouldn’t know what it is. I’m not going to post it, but, I’m just sayin’ - you have.

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I'm with goldfish there but cberg is just a truncation of my real name that some of my friends call me & I use it as an administrator handle on my machines.

I forgot how many sites I've used it on but it turned out to be pretty common so that no longer bugs me.

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My real name is Andrea but that doesn't tell you anything more about me than Sandpiper does. In fact Sandpiper tells you more about me than my real name does. It hints at the possibility that one of my interests might be birds, which is indeed the case, and the Sandpipers are one of my favourite bird families.

“Rho” crawled out of primordial soup of relay chat. When I was in high school, only one computer in the library had internet access, and that was for the whole school. Nobody really got to use it, and I didn’t get a computer until my senior year, and even IT never got on the internet. After a year at college it got a boot sector virus and was destroyed. It was quickly replaced, but for the most part internet access was limited.

My first exposure to the internet came in the form of college lab terminals where kids chatted on IRC, gamed on MUDs, and on occasion did research for class. Everything was text-only. In the entire university (yes, I said university) there were only TWO computers with graphical web browsers and IRC clients, and use of those was restricted.

“Rho” was born out of a desperate search for a permanent nick, and having pledged a frat and being exposed to the Greek alphabet it somehow just felt right.

I frequented the Efnet #friends where one of the users had “angel” as part of her nick. As a prank, everyone in the channel changed their nicks to “angel.” I liked it so much I never changed it back.

AngelRho was quirky, flirtatious, often inappropriate, and had a bizarre sense of humor back in those days. No less annoying than he is on WP, but probably much less abrasive. H3 w4s h1gh1y pr0n3 2 733tsp34k.

IRC eventually became overrun with bots and people quit talking. AngelRho went away for a while and resurfaced on SecondLife where he resumed his old antics. Due to money and time constraints plus the loss of high speed internet, AngelRho disappeared from SL. He occasionally checks in, but it’s rare.

I think of Rho as a sort of alter ego. He’s not the guy I am IRL, but more the guy I wish I could be. He gets to say everything I wish I could say. WP is probably not his best home. He likes getting into PPR discussions and is well established as a conservative. But L&D is his bread and butter since the Rho personality was always chasing women around IRC and later SL with varying degrees of success. He really thrived in rapid-fire text exchanges and was quick on his feet. WP women never really responded like others did, so all we really get to see of him on here is the darker, dryer side.

I’m not sure he’s really good for social media, but I’ve considered bringing Rho fully into the 21st century with Twitter, YouTube, and even Facebook. My closest IRL friends really don’t understand him, so I’m afraid if I let him loose he might get me in serious trouble, fired, arrested, maybe even deported or kidnapped by terrorists.

Pretty much his main function now is to separate the music I enjoy composing the most (ambient, electronic, Modern) from my more practical work (Contemporary Christian, church arranging and orchestration, education).

I don't reveal my name here for privacy sake. My user name reflects a special interest, tennis and the person who inspired me to begin taking lessons.

I can't stand my birth name at all. I go by a lot of different nicknames, most of which are based off of roleplay characters. I'm not a huge fan of my username on here, I wish I could change it to something that fits me better, but it's not a big deal.

I use my first real name on some websites, but all the horror stories about people's lives being ruined make me very uneasy.

My real name is Aladdin Sarsippius Sulemenagic Jackson III

Here on WP, I don't really want people to find me, as I'm still "in the closet".

...even though most of my friends already know... ¬_¬

Elsewhere online, I go by a different handle, but I don't hide my first name. I grew up in the dawning age of "never share your personal info online", so I don't often reveal my last name, but it's out there if anyone wants to dig deep enough.

You don't choose your name but you can choose your username. Honestly, I wouldn't mind being referred to as sloth IRL

And yeah there was one point where I was so anti-social and paranoid that I deleted all my social media and tried to scrub clean everything on the internet about me , so even if it was my real name, there'd be little info

because i absolutely loathe my first name and i relish any opportunity where i can be referred to as any other name.