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[Pendraflare]

chicka chicka Slim Shady. *shot*

How do you feel about revealing your real name over the Internet? Is it something you prefer to keep to yourself? If so, have people ever incorrectly assumed your name was a certain name based on something else? And what do you do about prompts that may ask you for it?

I myself don't have any real concerns presenting my real name, and my trainer name in X is my real name which I have disclosed so it's not a big deal to me at all.

Anyway, discuss.

 

[maccrash]

I don't care at all about people knowing my full name. in fact, PC is the first community I've been a part of that the majority of people didn't have their skype names set to their first and last name, and a lot of the people seem more wary to share personal details.

 

[Alfieri]

My username is always my real name lmfao.

Some people have trouble pronouncing it the first time they meet me so I like to turn it into a game show.

edit: Alfieri Villeda is my full name. I don't find it difficult at all to reveal. I have nothing to hide. My facebook and instagram have my full name for god's sake lmao.

 

[El Héroe Oscuro]

As long as my last name doesn't get out there, I'm fine. Everyone knows my name is Matt anyways; it's really no big deal considering it doesn't even reveal that much about you.

 

[Hikamaru]

I don't mind revealing my real name to the internet, but mainly I'll keep it to the first name since "Nichole" isn't that common, or at least with this spelling.

And no I don't think people have used something to assume my name before. Although I think some people here at PC think it was "Hika" but they'll eventually notice it's just a nickname.

 

[CJoE]

I really don't like to reveal my name so i just use an anime character name...
I'm only reveal my name to the person i trust at here and somewhere else...

 

[Nah]

PC is the only place I've revealed my name at all. Everywhere else, I've never bothered to share my first name or anything. It's probably because this is like my internet home or something.

But you will never get my last name, for various reasons.

 

[IggyKoopa]

First name is fine, but I keep it at that. My last name is so rare that I'm identifiable with it, so, well... yeah.

(well, I say that, but there's a guy on Flickr with the same full name as me and he has photos of Rochester, and that's kinda weird)

 

[Ice1]

My first name is really generic, and my last name too. Combined they're part of common sentences, so even if you know my full name, personal information is really hard to find about me without knowing my home town. With that said, I'm still not revealing my last name to people who I only know digitally.

 

[Mawa]

I don't really like to say my name online, but here well I didn't realize that my IGN is actually my real name XDBut it is a common name (kind of) here in the french part of Canada soo...

 

[Nathan]

My name is my username. Only part I won't disclose is my last name, for obvious reasons.

 

[Guardian]

I never tell people my name, it's top secret! And nope, my name is totally not username, it's just a cover!

Lol no it's not, mah name is Sven

 

[Cherrim]

I don't really care who knows my first name (Erica). There was a while where pretty much everyone at PC knew it and it was weird when anyone called me by my username rather than my first name. I'm pretty open about my name anywhere I go online, so I think most people know it, but a lot of groups of friends I've been in lately just go by usernames or nicknames. I usually have "Erica" set as my display name in most places, so I guess that's how people generally find out.

My usernames have never been "real names" or anything, so I don't think anyone's ever mistakenly assumed my name was something else because they had no reason to. Although if anyone ever thought my name was actually "Cherrim" I would be more than happy to keep that illusion going, haha.

 

[maccrash]

also, I want people to call me Matt (which is, in fact, my first name) but the other Matt makes that awfully hard. I am not used to having competition. *shakes fist*

 

[Nolafus]

I was very hesitant on revealing my first name, but once I did, I realized that it's not that big of a deal. I mean, Nicholas is a really common name, so it doesn't really matter.

Despite me revealing my first name, and changing my screen name, most people around here still call me Slayr. I don't mind, in fact, I kind of like it, but any name will do.

 

[Emboar]

This is the first site where I've publicly revealed my name. John is so common, its not like it tells you exactly who I am. As for my last name, it's too epic to reveal. Also, no one online has asked me for my first name to my knowledge.

 

[Dreg]

I've never revealed my real name and I'm still not going to do so. Only 1 person on PC knows my real name; not giving it out because of personal reasons.

 

[alisaie]

I could care less that people know my real name considering it's my real name that I just go ahead and use over the internet. Mainly because a friend of mine introduced me as well... Tara when I started having a 'name' on the internet and not just a username and well it stuck there was honestly no reason to go back on it and have a fake name. vOv

 

[Tsutarja]

Mostly everybody here knows what my first name is. ('cept for maybe some newcomers?) I'm in fact comfortable that people know my first name, and in fact wished that first-name basis was more of a thing online at forums and chatrooms.

 

[Lapis]

Umg Scott this looks just like the title for one of my threads on another forum.

Anyways I have no problem with sharing my name lol. My first forum username was my first and middle name anyways. I also used my first name as my forum name on other places as well. It just never really bothered me. xD