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What's the point of forcing "real names", when they're not forcing REAL names? Google will throw a fit if I use Red Ghost, but not if I use John Smith. What val
by runjake 14y ago
What's the point of forcing "real names", when they're not forcing REAL names? Google will throw a fit if I use Red Ghost, but not if I use John Smith. What value does that actually bring? A weak perception of legitimacy?
- Karunamon 14y agoWeak perhaps to you and me, but to the average internet user, much stronger.
- runjake 14y agoI'm convinced the average Internet user doesn't care. It doesn't matter who it convinces, because it's still a weak charade.
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- zem 14y agothey have explicitly said that they think the "feel" of an online community with name-shaped userids is qualitatively different from the feel of one with handle-shaped ones.
- ams6110 14y agoIs there a "real name" that communicates "this is not my real name" but could just as easily be a really name? Nathan Roberts (NR = Not Real)? Frank Nash (FN = Fake Name)? Art Vandelay?
- fluidcruft 14y agoSome ideas here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe#Other_variants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe#Other_variants
- thaumasiotes 14y agotraditionally, John Doe.