What's your real name?

Trollheart · 03-03-2013, 11:56 AM

Everyone, including me, uses handles and usernames here, and that's fine: anonymity is a good thing on the internet, as is an alias. But as we all get to know each other a bit better I think it might be a bit friendlier if we knew each others' names. Obviously I'm not talking about surnames, but I've seen people refer to each other by their first name, and I was unaware that was that person's name.

So if anyone wants to let us know what your real first name is, feel free. Mine's Deryck, as anyone checking my extended profile on my control panel will be able to see. Of course, some/many/all may want to remain anonymous and that's fine, but for anyone who'd like to say what their name is I think it might be nice not to have to refer to someone by their username all the time.

Maybe it's a bad idea, I don't know: just puttin' it out there, as they say...

03-03-2013, 11:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	What's your real name? Everyone, including me, uses handles and usernames here, and that's fine: anonymity is a good thing on the internet, as is an alias. But as we all get to know each other a bit better I think it might be a bit friendlier if we knew each others' names. Obviously I'm not talking about surnames, but I've seen people refer to each other by their first name, and I was unaware that was that person's name. So if anyone wants to let us know what your real first name is, feel free. Mine's Deryck, as anyone checking my extended profile on my control panel will be able to see. Of course, some/many/all may want to remain anonymous and that's fine, but for anyone who'd like to say what their name is I think it might be nice not to have to refer to someone by their username all the time. Maybe it's a bad idea, I don't know: just puttin' it out there, as they say... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018