Do you use a fake / nick name online ?

[kbroka 0]

Do you use a fake / nick name online? Do you think by using a nick/fake name you are protecting your privacy and hiding your own identity to the world?

Why people hide their own identities in the online??

 

[Yadav 0]

Kb sir I found some points of your query in Net and sharing you all;

 

Your fake name does not prevent anyone from knowing the Real You, so why not come forward and use your Real Name online? Why not own your words and thoughts by attaching them to your Real Being?

 

Why not step forward from the darkness and into the light to place who you are and what you believe directly on the record of life?

 

Here are the Top Three Excuses for why people hide their identities online:

 

1. I Have a Stalker. Oh, really, and you don’t think a dedicated stalker can find you on the web when you reveal every gory detail of your life online? If you’re truly living in fear of being found out, why be on the web at all? Why hide behind a fake name to provide you a false sense of protection?

 

2. I Was The Victim of a Violent Crime. You don’t want your attacker to find you online so you use a fake name and a fake personality to throw the scent from your trail. What about the others you meet online? Do they know you’re an invented fake? How much truth do you reveal online? Bits and pieces? Nothing? If you lie to someone online to protect your private selfish interest, do you tell them you’re inventing information as you go along or do you merely pretend it doesn’t matter that you purposefully mislead people?

 

3. I Don’t Want People To Know It’s Me. This is the most common excuse and also the least convincing because its employment immediately suggests you are not being true to the world or honest with yourself. You do not want to be held accountable for the fires you set and the online brush fires you start. Or you think by not using your Real Name you can have an online life that is disconnected from public responsibility. You prefer to tear down than build up and you need the anonymity of the online experience to dagger in your daring deeds.

 

All of those excuses do not reconcile with reality. The fact you can be found online through the “anonymous” breadcrumbs you leave behind is startling easy and simple to accomplish.

 

You have an ISP. You have an IP address. You have an email address. All three of those elements can quite simply reveal the when and the what of who you are — so why not just confess from the start who you are and why you are here and there and the everywhere?

 

What is the danger is being who you are online as you are offline?

 

If you use your Real Name online why have you to chosen to take that bold and necessary step?

 

If you still pass a fake name and fake identity online — what does it really get you in the end?

 

 

[Siddartha 0]

Well one reason to use a fake nic online maybe to portray a cool image. this is true atleast in cases of teenagers. Fake nics used by teenagers usually portray their mood or feelingd. It may even be a way to shed frustration or a indirect way to ask for attention.

[shyamprad 0]

Well one reason to use a fake nic online maybe to portray a cool image. this is true atleast in cases of teenagers. Fake nics used by teenagers usually portray their mood or feelingd. It may even be a way to shed frustration or a indirect way to ask for attention.

 

 

I dont use any, and i think RAMAILO ko lagi hola ni.

 

Let them use their rights; REAL NAME or FAKE NAME.

[thirdpole 0]

as long as you have no criminal background or not intedended to do any crime, having fake name make you feel some sort of protection and should be ok to use. I am using my fake name and I am happy with that.

[Joy 0]

off course we do use fake names in NET..........

[rakc 0]

using fake name or id in a net has got nothing to do with hiding true identity or trying to be cool.Those people who use fake name are only ashamed of their own true identity.so they choose to hide themselves and live in the virtual world which they find cool.but the reality is always going to be the same.

but yes i agree some people do it for fun and sometimes they do it according to their mood and situation.

[distant_memory 0]

yes i do...and why not! not because it appears cool or hip, i dont want to disclose my name.

[Prashad 0]

using fake name or id in a net has got nothing to do with hiding true identity or trying to be cool.Those people who use fake name are only ashamed of their own true identity.so they choose to hide themselves and live in the virtual world which they find cool.but the reality is always going to be the same.

but yes i agree some people do it for fun and sometimes they do it according to their mood and situation.

 

Well, Your idea may be true but that is not the only reason people don't use their real id.In my opinion if you use fake id on the net it doesn't mean that you r ashamed of your real identity.you cannot use fake id all the time though.Using fake id can help you maintain your privacy or protect you from identity theft,which has been the main issue on the internet world for past few years. It also prevent hacking to some extent. I prefer using different ID for different services on the web.

[Joy 0]

by using the fake identity people can express themselves freely