I have a couple friends (in their 20s) who have nicks that they use pretty much exclusively for online communication, but it’s increasingly uncommon. I’ve got a

I have a couple friends (in their 20s) who have nicks that they use pretty much exclusively for online communication, but it’s increasingly uncommon. I’ve got a unique enough real name that I can use my first name on many services no problem, and if not my first+last is almost globally unique. People with more common real names often find more use for pseudonyms. I see it much more in the infosec community than anywhere else.