A rather odd recommendation: when choosing your online name, make it something that sounds like an RL name. This cuts down on people poking you, wnating to know what your RL name is, and you also have a better chance of getting *name*@whatever e-mail addy or screen name. I've had three online names and never had to add numbers, underscores, etc, to get screen names or e-mail addresses. Also, when your screen name is something like "TrumpetPlayer" or whatever, your online friends are going to want something to call you besides Trumpy. This way you have a useful online nickname that isn't your RL nickname, but is still easy to remember. If you ever meet your online friends IRL, you still don't have to let them know your real name without having people look at you weirdly for getting called your oinline nickname.
Furthermore, when you get really tired and accidentally use your online name as a signature on an e-mail to your RL BF, you can pass it off as "oh, I was writing a paper about someone named Lanna. oops, guess my fingers got ahead of me." Which, uh, has happened to me.
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Date: 2006-10-07 11:32 pm (UTC)Furthermore, when you get really tired and accidentally use your online name as a signature on an e-mail to your RL BF, you can pass it off as "oh, I was writing a paper about someone named Lanna. oops, guess my fingers got ahead of me." Which, uh, has happened to me.