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Pondrew wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:20 pm
Why do we have forum 'usernames', not our real names? Is it a way to be anonymous, so we keep our private lives separate?
Seems a little bit 'dubious' to me. It seems like we have something to hide IMHO.

Some of us do use our real names

MikeyH wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:54 pm Yes I found it clumsy replying to someone called B21 when replying to his heart breaking story about his family in Ukraine so I called him Peter because others did. But then I felt I had broken forum protocol and felt uncomfortable about that as I had never met him.

I am active on a number of forums and have been for many years and this is the first one where members call each other by their given names and not their forum aliases which is normally deemed to be against forum protocols

Because my username is far more interesting than my real name

Never really dabbled in forums before this one.
Whilst lurking I noticed there were not really any real names and assumed it was the accepted norm to create a user name.
I just decided to make mine something with a bit of a play on words. Many conversations end with "enough said", and since I joined and started collecting E85s some some would say I now have enough zeds. So I kinda think it fits.
I do realise though that it seems odd to address me as 'enuff', so you can all call me Martin, except Pondrew: still 'Sir' to you.

Put down real name, look up to see if a director, your name and address appears.
OK could just use first name.


First forum i entered was for gpz900 motorbike some 12 years ago or more. Some good links to parts suppliers.
Hadn't a clue what a username was or could be.
So just used the fault on the bike...bigendgone.

Bit of a clue in my forum name.

See how well it works on places where you have to use your real name, like Facebook. I get all sorts of people I'd rather forget I'd ever met in "real" life trying to be friends with me. Even worse, family members. That said, my forum name I use everywhere is fairly obvious....

Gazhyde wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:48 am See how well it works on places where you have to use your real name, like Facebook. I get all sorts of people I'd rather forget I'd ever met in "real" life trying to be friends with me. Even worse, family members. That said, my forum name I use everywhere is fairly obvious....

Very easy to create a fake/anonymous account

well I'm not falling for that one. I shall keep my name secret.

Nick W wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:51 am well I'm not falling for that one. I shall keep my name secret.

"Don't tell 'em, Pike!"

flimper wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:19 am Because my username is far more interesting than my real name

“Flimper-spec” wouldn’t have quite the same ring to it if we used your real name.

N4LLY as its my reg'

Regards

Mr. Nally

N4LLY wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:14 pm N4LLY as its my reg'

Regards

Mr. Nally

I live in Argyll and my name is Andy

I am just a miserable old git but we do rule

Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:31 pm
Perhaps slightly unkindly my racing mate became Mr Spinney.

Did he live in the woods?

For the second time in 24hrs…. I’ll get my coat

I just one of the identities I created for online activities 20 years ago.

I don’t have a different one for most forums, so you’ll find me using the same in Pistonheads, M5Board, M3Cutters, etc…and I’ve kept it so that people can trace my activity…and check my posts for contradictory claims when I’m selling something, or claiming VMAX speeds on autobahn or skiing pistes.

The reason for not using my full name should be obvious…It’s unique, so I’d rather not every Tom, Dick or Flimper could easily find me, my address, my family, my employer.

We arrived last at the lunch today at this weekends meet in the North Pennines. We were greeted as Mr Nanu and Mrs Nanu until we introduced ourselves as Mel & Annette. Cover now well blown