It's like people who insist on "real names" and "one true account" don't get that people specialize.
This, absolutely this! I've got two internet identities for two entirely different circles. Neither one is a sock puppet for the other, I use them both honorably (I hope), and I'm very attached to both of them – and both are entirely legitimate, 'real', identities. They aren't different versions of me, they're both me. (And as it happens, neither of them is the legal me.) People who insist on not just 'real names' but a real name apparently forget that they can be "little Billy" to their grandparents, "William Henry" to their parents, and "Bubba" to their frat brothers without inciting worldwide flamefests and anarchy.
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This, absolutely this! I've got two internet identities for two entirely different circles. Neither one is a sock puppet for the other, I use them both honorably (I hope), and I'm very attached to both of them – and both are entirely legitimate, 'real', identities. They aren't different versions of me, they're both me. (And as it happens, neither of them is the legal me.) People who insist on not just 'real names' but a real name apparently forget that they can be "little Billy" to their grandparents, "William Henry" to their parents, and "Bubba" to their frat brothers without inciting worldwide flamefests and anarchy.