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I can only think of one use case: filling out form data that you don’t want to use your real identity. Any others?
by hart_russell 6y ago
I can only think of one use case: filling out form data that you don’t want to use your real identity.
Any others?
- Memosyne 6y agoSometimes when I'm feeling blue I write letters addressed to fake people and share my thoughts with them.
- voisin 6y agoCan’t tell if this is /s or not, but have you considered a real life pen pal that writes back?
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoGood test data for building your applications.
- raspyberr 6y agoI think that's the main use case but I guess it could help when NPCs for a world or a book.
- seesawtron 6y agoGenerating bot accounts on Twitter and Reddit for you know why.
- pc123 6y agoI generated a fake name and I am using it as a fake identity where I don't want to use my real name, like in a comment on youtube video. It's like my alter ego ;)
- newsbinator 6y agoI keep getting emails for a person with the name of my fake identity.
- aspenmayer 6y agoSounds like you and your alter ego got burned at least once.
- Nextgrid 6y agoMessing with tech support scammers, although for that purpose the Fake Name Generator (search for it) is better because it generates addresses and credit card numbers (that pass the checksum validation) too.
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- lisper 6y agoGenerating character names for fiction writing.
- Raed667 6y agoFilling out fake data for your testing or demo environments is also a good use-case.
- codazoda 6y agoAuthors (pen names), musicians, bloggers, anyone else who wants a little privacy but still wants to share publicly.
- pridkett 6y agoInside of companies with data protection requirements, these can be handier and more natural than censoring PII or PCI or replacing them with an encrypted string. It’s much more natural for the data science process.
- chadlavi 6y agoGreeking designs is a huge use case for me. plugging in random user info into a dashboard or something.