4. Internet user IDs turn honest,
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10-05-2009
“My wife will kill me for saying this,”
he said. “If we ever have kids, I‟ll
only name them something if the
domain name is available.”
5. Internet user IDs turn honest,
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10-05-2009
“Your real name tells people, „I want
you to take me seriously,‟ ” said Mike
Gaines, a software engineer who co-
hosts a podcast about social media.
One‟s real name is not only easier to
recall, it also connotes accountability.
Early Internet users were mostly of
the hacker variety and had reason to
hide behind code names.
6. Internet user IDs turn honest,
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10-05-2009
A recent analysis of more than 1.7
million Twitter profiles by Internet
marketing company HubSpot
counted 59 followers for the average
user. That number dropped to 47
when the user name included an
underscore and down to 29 when
numbers were used.
7. Internet user IDs turn honest,
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10-05-2009
“If you don‟t want to be connected to
anybody ever again or any group
whatsoever, if you‟re totally
antisocial, don‟t go on the Internet,”
Cavalier said.