Anonymity and Code Project
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
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stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
I'm sure there must be some explanation but I agree, it does seem odd. Maybe it was their employer who found out their real identity and has seen how much time was wasted on their dime. :)
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
Extreme paranoia.
Karl Sanford wrote:
Are you evading the law?
I... don't have to answer that. :~
BDF I often make very large prints from unexposed film, and every one of them turns out to be a picture of myself as I once dreamed I would be. -- BillWoodruff
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stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
I'm sure there must be some explanation but I agree, it does seem odd. Maybe it was their employer who found out their real identity and has seen how much time was wasted on their dime. :)
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
That was my take on it as well. That's partly why I don't use my real name and I spend less time here than CDP did.
BDF I often make very large prints from unexposed film, and every one of them turns out to be a picture of myself as I once dreamed I would be. -- BillWoodruff
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
I use this name because I've always used this name, so of your list "reflex" is most accurate. If I ever bother to write an article, I'll probably change to my real name though. (And honestly, with a little Googling you could probably find my name, I've never taken much effort to hide it.)
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
I've never felt the need to hide my real name. Besides, I'm very easy to find[^] on the web although I often get confused with my namesake (a professor) who probably also gets mistaken for me. Oddly enough, we're related! /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
My username came from the password I was given for the unix omputer labs at uni. It was so nonsensical that I could only commit it to memory letter by letter - mental association tricks simply didn't apply. It's also entirely unique. Years ago, I was making an effort to conceal my identity. My front-door never got kicked in, my interests changed and the threat imposed by indulging in them has since dissipated. Try a search for "enhzflep for your entertainment" - the first link should explain both my keenness to remain unidentified and my avatar. I try to rely on the principle "your words can and will be used against you" - expecting as does Ian, that all of my online activity may be/is attributed to me as a person.
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
All of the above :). I used to use a pseudonym on here but changed that really fast. Don't see the point in it, if you don't want to be associated with what you post on here than just don't post it. For gaming forums / sites I still use pseudonyms, don't know just seems more fun that way ;P
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I've never felt the need to hide my real name. Besides, I'm very easy to find[^] on the web although I often get confused with my namesake (a professor) who probably also gets mistaken for me. Oddly enough, we're related! /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I've never felt the need to hide my real name.
Well, no one knows who Ravi Bhavnani is. We all just know you as Ravi Bhavnani but we don't know the Clark Kent behind you. :-D
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
I guess being anonymous makes it a little easier for some people to express religious and political stances. Also, not all companies would like to see their employees spending too much time on the forums here.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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That was my take on it as well. That's partly why I don't use my real name and I spend less time here than CDP did.
BDF I often make very large prints from unexposed film, and every one of them turns out to be a picture of myself as I once dreamed I would be. -- BillWoodruff
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
Karl Sanford wrote:
Is it out of fear
Yes
just for fun
Not really
your real name was already taken by somebody?
Doubt it, but I never checked
Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing?
:-O
Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'?
You got me, I'm really Brad Pitt.
Are you evading the law?
No
Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are?
Partly, it is a reflex, but I'm not sure whether I care if somebody finds out who I am.
Are you Batman?
Yes I did start using my real name on Stack Overflow however with the idea that it might be professional useful at some point. If I had the time and motivation to write really good articles on here, I would definitely use my real name, but as it stands, I rarely even look in the programming forums here anymore.
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
I have had an unexpected situation where someone from CodeProject contacted me over the phone. In the end, it was on the up and up. But still, I can see having a bit of distance from people as beneficial, if you would find that sort of thing disconcerting.
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
I used to have a pseudonym (digital man - I just liked it, okay?) but decided to use my real name as I really have nothing to hide and the other name just became a bit silly. I try not to say anything really horrible or offensive that could come back and haunt me: I won't change my opinions or approach in case I might offend an employer or workmate in the future - that's just silly and a bit cowardly, too. I don't understand why he chose to leave just because someone found out who he was. So what? Who the hell are you that it is that sensitive or important???
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
My identity is completely fabricated.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
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I've never felt the need to hide my real name. Besides, I'm very easy to find[^] on the web although I often get confused with my namesake (a professor) who probably also gets mistaken for me. Oddly enough, we're related! /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
I will never use my real name. Identity and online reputation will be really important in a decade, so I prefer to have the choice to conceal my identity, which is only possible with a pseudonym. You can never know what future looks like. Look at our chocolated friend on CP, she also had to hide her online name to escape some old story. Better be anonymous right away.
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So, this thread got me thinking: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4334679/Goodbye.aspx[^] For those on here with pseudonyms, why do you do it? Is it out of fear, just for fun, your real name was already taken by somebody? Do you do it so that you can bad mouth people without them knowing? Are you a celebrity and you just want to be a normal 'Joe'? Are you evading the law? Is it just a reflex and you don't care if somebody finds out who you are? Are you Batman? I'm just having a hard time thinking of a scenario where you would stop coming to this site after 4 years just because someone found your true identity.
Be The Noise
My real-world name was taken years before I found this site: Paul Griffin[^] but I don't exactly hide it anyway: A Coder Interview With Paul Griffin[^] So I tried for Griffin, TheGriffin, Griff, TheGriff, etc before finally arriving at OG, which probably fits me quite well...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
