Ask HN: Online presence: pseudonym or real name?

Post by yuhong » Mon, May 09, 2011, 6:51 PM UTC

lsc wrote: post #10

yuhong wrote: post #8

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embarrass myself how?

I mean writing things I'd rather not have on my permanent record. E.g. an overly emotional and poorly thought out political manifesto, or giving personal details that people I work with might consider 'too much information' or "overshare" Especially for the latter, a pseudonym seems polite. I mean, you need to be aware that if someone /really/ wants to find out, they will. But using a pseudonym, I think, is a polite…

Post by yuhong » Mon, May 09, 2011, 9:47 PM UTC

lsc wrote: post #12

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Yea, I know. Here is one article on it: http://www.channelvmedia.com/blog/office-oversharing-social-...

eh, I dono. I've heard people complaining, e.g. that they didn't really want to know of the sexual proclivities of their co-workers. I think it's completely reasonable that this isn't the first thing you find out about your co-workers.