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.

My first board name (not here) was "seniorslayer," which I realized too late made me sound like I was in my dotage. I've gone with variations on my real name since.

-t, I remember ita wondering if your name translating to "negativi-tee" and laughing. It had never occurred to me.

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.

Guilty. I usually used to know, but it's also usually people who don't post here anymore, and I just forgot their board name.

My Facebook name is the same as here, except with my actual legal last name instead of Paul's. Did I ever mention that using it was an accident? I signed up on WX, expecting that there would be a preferred name after entering the real name, but nope. Just the real name.

I hadn't realized at the time quite how uncommon a name is Marcontell. Fewer than a thousand of them. So, really, not as sneaky as I'd thought. But the people I wanted to not find me on the Internets did anyway because we still had friends in common, so if I ever remember or reset my FB password, I'll probably change my FB name to my full first name, middle initial, and last name.

Half of you call me Plei, anyhow. Which I'm fine with, FTR.

I tend to think of people by their board names. I'm crap at remembering names to start with, so adding in that double layer just means double the fun of calling someone by the wrong name.

I've considered changing my board name a few times, but at this point, I've answered to Sail in person for long enough among Buffistas that I feel it's more my identity than Ellen is.

I remember ita wondering if your name translating to "negativi-tee" and laughing.

Oh, yeah! I remember wishing I was that clever.

It's funny, because I think of some people as their real names, and some as their board names only. Sail, you've always been "Sail" to me.

I hadn't realized at the time quite how uncommon a name is Marcontell.

Does that mean I shouldn't use it as a character last name? Because it's a great name.

You should totally use it as a character last name!

Plei, see the SPN thread. Fandoms collide.

My first board name (not here) was "seniorslayer," which I realized too late made me sound like I was in my dotage.

It makes me think you're a creepy serial killer who is so slow you can only sneak up on very very old people.