I think of people both ways. But in the hangout chat - that was a lot like Second Life or WoW and I'm conditioned to use screen names in those chats even if I know someone's RL name for privacy reasons.
Obvously that doesn't apply to the Buffistas but it's a thing.
I also realized that some people pronounce my board name differently than I think of it being pronounced. it's my first initial and middle name smushed together so I always think of it as "A sky" whereas others see it as "ask-ee". I know this has come up before and it doesn't bother me, it's just interesting to realize people see things differently.
(I'm not very original when it comes to naming things, even myslf)
I think of people by board names, mostly. And I totally answer to meara, IRL. ;)
I think of people in board names, but at one point I made an effort of figure out what was what with names v. board names, and I think I was at 100% with my FB list. Though there are a couple of new FB friends now that I'm not quite sure of, board-name-wise.
However you like! "Minus" tee is good, or just "tee".
Phew! I generally think of you as "tee," and also rhymes-with-camera when necessary.
I am not interesting enough to have a board name that is not also my non-board name.
And I trundle along, uncovered and uncaring.
And I totally answer to -t in real life, either way. There are people who I only see in meatspace who call me that.
I joined right around a time when several super-cool Jens had sort of stopped posting (except for Jen who is a nurse, because we were lj friends, so I knew her from here). Had I known that at the time, I'd have made something up.
Well, and if I'd just been more savvy, generally. It's not like I didn't have six other Jennifers in my cohort at most times as it was.
I think of people by board names, to the point that I have a number of Facebook friends whose online identities I'm not quite sure of aside from being buffistas.
My own online identity has been the same since 1997, and I am very glad I used my actual name on a whim when choosing a Bronze username.
I can never think of names that feel right, so I am generally me or some slight variation.
Board names and real names see to run on a sort of parallel, concurrent track in my head, and I sometimes have to pause to determine which comes out.
