Forum usenames; Why?

Gazhyde said:
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....
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Very easy to create a fake/anonymous account :wink:
 
flimper said:
Because my username is far more interesting than my real name
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“Flimper-spec” wouldn’t have quite the same ring to it if we used your real name. :lol:
 
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 :spy: :bag:
 
True-Blue said:
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?
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No, the guy who gave him that name said it was because his car spent so much time pointing in the wrong direction! :lol:
 
PointedMarlin is mine because it’s my gamertag & I’m a teacher so using my real name when I first sign up for a forum as opposed to my real name when kids can Google search me & I don’t know what my language will be like on the forum just affords me a bit of security
 
I invented a skateboard which could be used by deep sea divers. Turns out, there is no market for such a product.
Also, there is an extreme lack of paved surfaces on the sea floor, making it quite difficult to operate. Hydrodynamical drag is a large issue.

One day, someone will crack it and make a fortune.
 
Mr Tidy said:
True-Blue said:
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?
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No, the guy who gave him that name said it was because his car spent so much time pointing in the wrong direction! :lol:
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Yeah, I got that… hence the ‘I’ll get my coat’ comment :wink:
 
Years ago when I was trying to come up with a username to a forum I was joining my kids came up with grannyknot and it stuck. They still think it's funny that I'm using it.
 
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