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Xanthe · 08-28-2010, 11:19 AM

...online, I mean.

I have a number of different online names that I use for different types of forums. I tend to be Xanthe on forums that are book/reading related; I use another name on computer-related forums, and so on.

I realized, after I had replied to an IM on a board - might have be this one - that I signed it with an intial belonging to another of my "names" and that I had forgotten for a moment which name I used here.

I'm not one of those people who uses made-up personas with my various names - what you see is who I am in real life, no matter which name I use - so luckily I don't have to keep track of any false personal histories.

But I was wondering about the rest of you. Do you use different names in different places online? Do you create different personas? Do you ever forget which "character" (for want of a better term) you are supposed to be?

08-28-2010, 11:19 AM	#1
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	Do You Ever Forget Who You Are.... ...online, I mean. I have a number of different online names that I use for different types of forums. I tend to be Xanthe on forums that are book/reading related; I use another name on computer-related forums, and so on. I realized, after I had replied to an IM on a board - might have be this one - that I signed it with an intial belonging to another of my "names" and that I had forgotten for a moment which name I used here. I'm not one of those people who uses made-up personas with my various names - what you see is who I am in real life, no matter which name I use - so luckily I don't have to keep track of any false personal histories. But I was wondering about the rest of you. Do you use different names in different places online? Do you create different personas? Do you ever forget which "character" (for want of a better term) you are supposed to be?