tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post2536413521888424497..comments2023-09-13T07:49:41.738-07:00Comments on Musings from Mâvarin: Many MeKaren Funk Blocherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-59754096514733332502005-01-25T01:42:00.000-08:002005-01-25T01:42:00.000-08:00LOL I'm with ya. I'm out there. No hiding. But I d...LOL I'm with ya. I'm out there. No hiding. But I did have a screen name that I used for IVF and Endo support groups and research (wanted to keep that one spam free). I have one for my now mostly defunct home-based business. I've had a few for those times when I was someone's secret santa and I was posting hints on my board to my "buddy" to see if they could figure out who I was. Fun. And one screen name that I created on a dare that I keep for those occasions when I think a friend needs to lighten up...or for stealth. Like the time I helped an online friend catch her husband cheating on her. But I'm not sneaky very often. LOL Each SN serves a purpose. Oh and Tyler and John both have SNs under my master account. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-8365363376520248952005-01-25T02:08:00.000-08:002005-01-25T02:08:00.000-08:00Karen :)I started my new screen name for my new ph...Karen :)<br><br>I started my new screen name for my new photo journal becuase I kept running out of FTP space. LOL. I was hesitant at first to share too much about me, becuase I have had some personal "not-so-nice" stuff happen IRL, so I was protective in cyberlife. Now, most folks who read me on a regular basis know where I live, my name, my cat's name and of course Alan's now that he has his own blog. I had to tip my toe in the water before diving in. :)<br><br>Always, Carly :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-29622523554973748462005-01-25T05:55:00.000-08:002005-01-25T05:55:00.000-08:00Of course, there are many practical reasons for us...Of course, there are many practical reasons for using multiple screen names, as you have pointed out. But you know that's not what I was talking about. Also, if I want, I can store stuff on the ftp space of other screen names without ever overtly using them. The journal I am linking from doesn't have to be on the same screen name as where the files are stored.<br>-PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-57086099594387459742005-01-25T16:40:00.000-08:002005-01-25T16:40:00.000-08:00I don't want my identity online, so I've never use...I don't want my identity online, so I've never used my actual name. None of my screen names or other email addies use my real name. Maybe no one cares, but there are nuts out there. Even my blogs are kept fairly anonymous in that I never use real names of people in my life because I have family, friends, and co-workers who read them.<br><br>So, yes, in a way, I'm both compartmentalizing my life by using my many screen names for different thing (message boards under one name, shopping under another, personal mail under my main name, and even a couple of names I didn't tell anyone about so I can be online without folks I know knowing I'm online) and obfuscating my identity. Sometimes, I use a name only my best friend knows so no one else is likely to IM me, but she knows it so she can IM me if she needs to ask a question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-36999431276912251562005-01-26T19:33:00.000-08:002005-01-26T19:33:00.000-08:00I use a second screen name for my photo page, but ...I use a second screen name for my photo page, but mostly I use this one....I don't tend to change or switch or any of that!<br><br>~JerseyGirl<br>http://journals.aol.com/cneinhorn/WonderGirl Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com