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> Having gotten my start on the internet mid 90's it always amazes me the number of people that attached their offline identities to their online identies > Th
by mkl 6y ago
> Having gotten my start on the internet mid 90's it always amazes me the number of people that attached their offline identities to their online identies
> This was just something that was unheard of back then.
This is not entirely true. I remember many people using their real names on Usenet, or on mailing lists.
- syshum 6y agoWere they real name, or did they just look real. Like I could post under the name JosephDotson, that could be a real name but it is not my real name
- dredmorbius 6y agoOften first name (linus), initials (rms, esr, jwz), first + last initial (marca, billg, dang), initial(s) + last (dmarti, cdibona), first @ last (bruce@perens.org), etc.