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marionravenwood, reminded me of Pterry saying that entire economies are based on the lifting power of Chinese grannies. Add a bicycle and she's good for an empire!
snarkel posted a link to an article on posting real-life stuff on the internet.
When I first got online, the internet was strictly for fandom. No real name, no what-I-had-for-breakfast, no photos. Then I got onto LJ and discovered the joys of venting about my day. Then my friends all got online too, moved on from emails to social networking sites, so I have ended up with two parallel lots of info online, fandom and real life. (I still haven't put any photos online, naked or otherwise, apart from cats).
At first, I was more concerned about keeping my offline life away from my fandom, but now I suppose I have to keep my fandom away from my real life. I've got a bit careless over the years, too (sending emails to the flist with my full name on the account, stuff like that), and there's a couple of people who've always known about both. But even right back at the beginning, if I wanted to make a disposable identity, it would be my mam's name, my dad's name, my middle names, my nicknames (my family do actually call me Owl)....
The thought of being permanantly Gogglable, in all your teenage glory, is pretty yuckworthy. Then if someone cottons on: 'Oh, wasn't thatjediowl's real name? At least someone who's trying to cash in on their fandom in RL, a la Cassandra Claire, asks for it.
I made a poll to check this. I screened comments, so if you feel like posting my name, address and phone number, go ahead. :-P
[Poll #931572]
marionravenwood, reminded me of Pterry saying that entire economies are based on the lifting power of Chinese grannies. Add a bicycle and she's good for an empire!snarkel posted a link to an article on posting real-life stuff on the internet. When I first got online, the internet was strictly for fandom. No real name, no what-I-had-for-breakfast, no photos. Then I got onto LJ and discovered the joys of venting about my day. Then my friends all got online too, moved on from emails to social networking sites, so I have ended up with two parallel lots of info online, fandom and real life. (I still haven't put any photos online, naked or otherwise, apart from cats).
At first, I was more concerned about keeping my offline life away from my fandom, but now I suppose I have to keep my fandom away from my real life. I've got a bit careless over the years, too (sending emails to the flist with my full name on the account, stuff like that), and there's a couple of people who've always known about both. But even right back at the beginning, if I wanted to make a disposable identity, it would be my mam's name, my dad's name, my middle names, my nicknames (my family do actually call me Owl)....
The thought of being permanantly Gogglable, in all your teenage glory, is pretty yuckworthy. Then if someone cottons on: 'Oh, wasn't that
jediowl's real name? At least someone who's trying to cash in on their fandom in RL, a la Cassandra Claire, asks for it.I made a poll to check this. I screened comments, so if you feel like posting my name, address and phone number, go ahead. :-P
[Poll #931572]
