Thursday 29 September 2011

Activists fighting to use online pseudonyms

There are myriad reasons to use online pseudonyms,why individuals may wish to use a name other than the one they were born with.Activists fighting to use online pseudonyms
Activists fighting to use online pseudonyms, There are myriad reasons to use online pseudonyms,why individuals may wish to use a name other than the one they were born with.

 They may be concerned about threats to their lives or livelihoods, or they may risk political or economic retribution. They may wish to prevent discrimination or they may use a name that’s easier to pronounce or spell in a given culture.

Online, the reasons multiply. Internet culture has long encouraged the use of "handles" or "user names," pseudonyms that may or may not be tied to a person’s offline identity. Longtime online inhabitants may have handles that have spanned over twenty years.

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