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Then why use "chatmasta" as your handle instead of your real name, which you have provided in your profile? The problem with you view is that there are times w

Then why use "chatmasta" as your handle instead of your real name, which you have provided in your profile? The problem with you view is that there are times when your message gets caught up with your identity. Especially, when your message may be against the consensus flow and stills needs to be made, without affecting you in any material way. Too often today, the messenger is "killed" because of the unpleasantness of the message being delivered. [Edit: to to too]

chatmasta 8y ago
Because it’s way cooler, duh. If you actually want to know, it’s because when I registered on my first forum in 2004 (runevillage anybody?), I signed up with my AIM username but mistyped the password. So I had to come up with a new name, and 12 year old me thought “chatmasta” sounded pretty damn cool. I use my real name (milesrichardson) on services where my name is featured prominently and/or I would like people to find when googling me, eg GitHub LinkedIn etc