Do you use your real name on fedi? Boosts appreciated for reach. :boost_requested:
this thing got 200 boosts, by far the most "viral" thing I've posted on fedi lmao
By the way to the poll I did a while back on whether or not people use their real names on fedi...
A lot of people rightly said they go by different names for one reason or another, which I didn't really consider
I go by Toast irl too, so that makes it my real name 🙃
@human what are we considering a "real" name in this context? legal name? the name we use irl? the name that is most real to us?
@icarus good question. Whatever you're most comfortable with I suppose
@human interesting! i said yes because i would consider this my "realest" name, but i would hate for anyone irl to know it. cant trust normies with a True Name, its too much power!
hmm.. i'm inspired to do a follow up poll now
@human I feel like it's cheating to say "yes" when we named ourselves after our internet handle
- the Packbats 🎒
@human I use my first name here, and on another one I use my full name.
@human I have 2 accounts, one real and one horse
I assume my "real name" would be my State-recognised alias ?
Because none of my friends (and only part of my family) call me like that anymore ^^
@human It's more real than my government given name. UwU
But I guess no.
@human the only reason I don't is that I got here and realised most people I was coming across didn't. I used to though. And I don't have a problem with people knowing it.
@human jeez 102 yes 0 no right now
@foxes yea something's up with my instance I think lmao
I'm pretty sure the poll started with 100 "yes"s, so maybe subtract 100 yesses to get the real result once the poll ends
🌹 said yes and no, we use our own names but nothing we go by offline, legal or otherwise
*Sometimes
@human@weirder.earth I feel there's no need to use my real name here tbh.
@human I said yes, and I mean it. This is my real name. Anyone insisting otherwise does not know me.
@human@weirder.earth Well I do use my forename but I don't feel pressured to do so here. I am just bad with coming up with nicknames in general
@human Depends on the account I'm using (since I have multiple).
But then, again, technically I do use my real name, so, I voted "yes".
@FiXato It turns out that a lot of other people have made this distiction and I didn't really think about it when I made the poll 🤷
If I were to make the poll again I'd probably re-word it to "is your account tied to a real identity?" because I'm more curious if people trust the fediverse with their real identity or not
@human@weirder.earth I use my illegal name 😆
@human
I don't use that anywhere
@human i voted yes because basically everyone calls me like that but its not my legal name
@human for me I prefer to use pseudonyms. It's not about trust but about control. I don't want a permanent identifiable record of everything I've said. The right to forget and the right to be forgotten. I also don't feel comfortable with random comments I've made showing up in search engines. Like I don't use this perceived anonymity to avoid responsibility for my actions. I just want to feel safe and comfortable. More so than I do in meatspace.
What the hell how have so many people seen this lmao
This is officially my most popular toot to date