Folks college age or younger, is this the "thing" now.

[JayOwl]

I'm 16, and I've never heard of online names being used in real life... It would just be weird. If I was called "Jaytrek", (or worse, some of my other online names with numbers in them)- I'd say something like 'What did you just call me?'

I might respond to Jay (because it sounds like the first part of my real name), but as I can't think of anyone who actually calls me that, it'd probably take a couple of tries.

 

[Eyes]

I might respond to Jay (because it sounds like the first part of my real name), but as I can't think of anyone who actually calls me that, it'd probably take a couple of tries.

Hello!

I think I call you that sometimes.

 

[ares93]

I've grown quite used to be called by me callsign. Then again, it originated in real life and later become an online nick.

I'm "Doc DaKKs" (Pron. Dax) i mostly go by DaKKs though, team leader is "CAG" (Commander Air Group), our other driver is "Soppa", lead mechanic is "Duracell", programmer is "Xena", electrican is "Jesus", the car body repairman, i think the english term is tin-smith, goes by "Bullseye". We've got a few others, but we're the core group, so to speak. We use these callsigns/nicknames daily when we're on the CB.

EDIT: I'm 19 btw. The boss is 34. But all the other range between 18 and 25. EDIT: Lets go with 18. His birthday is in two weeks.

 

[JayOwl]

I might respond to Jay (because it sounds like the first part of my real name), but as I can't think of anyone who actually calls me that, it'd probably take a couple of tries.

Hello!

I think I call you that sometimes.

No you don't. You sometimes call me Jake, and that's about as far off my real name you go.

 

[ares93]

I might respond to Jay (because it sounds like the first part of my real name), but as I can't think of anyone who actually calls me that, it'd probably take a couple of tries.

Hello!

I think I call you that sometimes.

No you don't. You sometimes call me Jake, and that's about as far off my real name you go.

As far as I know, Jake isn't short for anything. Its a name in itself. Or am I missing something?

 

[Eyes]

Hello!

I think I call you that sometimes.

No you don't. You sometimes call me Jake, and that's about as far off my real name you go.

As far as I know, Jake isn't short for anything. Its a name in itself. Or am I missing something?

Jake is short for Jacob. It originated that way, or at least it did last I checked the name meanings dictionary.

 

[Random_Spock]

I'm 24, been online since the late-90s, and personally, I just distinguish between something I might want to be seen as part of my own personal online "brand" and something that's just for fun. So I use this username here and at places like Reddit and other message boards, but I use my real name on blogs, Twitter, etc.

I'm 29, and for the most part keep my online life separate from my offline one. As for 'branding' oneself online, never really been a fan of that persay.

As for usernames, I tend to go by different ones depending on the kind of forum. Don't tend to use my rl name though on blog or Twitter, since I like to keep my private life private.

 

[JayOwl]

Hello!

I think I call you that sometimes.

No you don't. You sometimes call me Jake, and that's about as far off my real name you go.

As far as I know, Jake isn't short for anything. Its a name in itself. Or am I missing something?

Yeh, I suppose it is, but in my case 'Jacob' is my full name. And what Eyes said- I think originally the name Jake was a shortened version of Jacob.

 

[Random_Spock]

*accidental double post* Darn slow computer...

 

[RoJoHen]

Every Jake I've ever known is actually named Jacob.

 

[ares93]

Every Jake I've ever known is actually named Jacob.

Me girlfriends uncle is named Jake. I thought it was short for something too until i saw his ID.

Its actually the opposite for me. But Jake is an english name. So a swedish Jakob would never be called Jake.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I'm 16, and I've never heard of online names being used in real life... It would just be weird. If I was called "Jaytrek", (or worse, some of my other online names with numbers in them)- I'd say something like 'What did you just call me?'

I might respond to Jay (because it sounds like the first part of my real name), but as I can't think of anyone who actually calls me that, it'd probably take a couple of tries.

I had a meetup in London. Literally the only person outside of the people I went to London with that had my cell number were the people I was meeting up with. I get a call when I get there and the person said "Good morning Mr. Jarok." I responded with "Wrong number and hung up." About a minute later it hit me that it was my name and I called back sheepishly.

 

[Kestra]

Awww, that's so cute!

 

[JayOwl]

I'm 16, and I've never heard of online names being used in real life... It would just be weird. If I was called "Jaytrek", (or worse, some of my other online names with numbers in them)- I'd say something like 'What did you just call me?'

I might respond to Jay (because it sounds like the first part of my real name), but as I can't think of anyone who actually calls me that, it'd probably take a couple of tries.

I had a meetup in London. Literally the only person outside of the people I went to London with that had my cell number were the people I was meeting up with. I get a call when I get there and the person said "Good morning Mr. Jarok." I responded with "Wrong number and hung up." About a minute later it hit me that it was my name and I called back sheepishly.

Oops!
You're usually called by a nickname then?

I haven't done anything like that yet (I bet I will- I'm like that), but I'm usually rather awkward when leaving messages. If I got to listen to myself I'm sure there would be plenty of "errs" and "ums".

 

[Star Wolf]

I'm 35, went online in 1995. Back then, even now, I try to keep my "online life" apart from my "real life". I'm very selective about who knows what about the other. And I would never think to consider my online nick my "real" name......


I'll cop to being a little out of touch with the newest 'net trends or the "lifestyle" (as one snarky little teen I know calls online life). But is this a new fad that's just popped up, a symptom of new digital "Social media" lifestyle?

I think we are dinosaurs, The entire ideal of avatars and user names and message boards is dying as people post real pics and names on Facebook and other sites.

 

[SeerSGB]

I'm 35, went online in 1995. Back then, even now, I try to keep my "online life" apart from my "real life". I'm very selective about who knows what about the other. And I would never think to consider my online nick my "real" name......


I'll cop to being a little out of touch with the newest 'net trends or the "lifestyle" (as one snarky little teen I know calls online life). But is this a new fad that's just popped up, a symptom of new digital "Social media" lifestyle?

I think we are dinosaurs, The entire ideal of avatars and user names and message boards is dying as people post real pics and names on Facebook and other sites.

I remember when it was a big deal if you knew someone's real name and used it in a public chat or on a open board. And you tried to have one username, one personality, that was "you" across a multitudes of sites.

 

[SteveJRogers]

I have an online friend in America who I'm also penpals with, we usually sign our letters or cards to each other with our usernames.

Key word being OURSELFS though

Funny thing though, I've had some meetings with people I know online, we've never referred to our "handles" unless it was part of our real name or if the handle is a nickname they'd use in real life (i.e. a poster on a board is known as Soup Can based on an incident in his real life).

But why on earth would anyone put a social media username or tag or whatever on an ACTUAL JOB APPLICATION? What? Are you trying to NOT get a job or tell people that you are not ready for a professional workforce position?

Put it this way, there is a Spider-Man website with a forum and a podcast, one of the moderators and podcast panelists had a handle that was the name of one of his favorite characters.

Then he decided that since he'd like to have a career in the entertainment industry, specifically in writing comic books, he has written some on-line comics including one especially done for the site, and now he is in Hollywood taking acting classes, that it doesn't look professional if the main place where he does his activity on, this website, he is known simply as a fictional character. So he decided to just use his real name going forward.

 

[thestrangequark]

Must...not...be...grammar...Nazi...

 

[ares93]

Must...not...be...grammar...Nazi...

Deep breaths, luv'. Deep breaths. You're on a beach and you can hear the water crashing against the cliffs nearby. You can feel the wind in your hair. You're feeling relaxed, calm.

 

[Kemaiku]

Key word being OURSELFS though

There is no such word.