Leave the nickname alone!

-or- multiple personalities??

Published on May 19, 2006 By BlueDev In Internet

I have a lot of pet peeves. Perhaps I am just wound too tight or something. But I admit, there are lots of little things that bother me. A little while back, San Chonino wrote an article about the idiotic use of capital and lower case letters all jumbled up. That drives me nuts.

But I have noticed something that bothers me even more.

People who cannot keep their online nickname the same.

Now look, I like to switch things up as much as the next person. But when all you have to go on is a screen name of some sort, changing that daily makes it more than a little tough to remember who that person is. I have noticed this most prominently on IM. There are some folks on my messenger lists who have a different nickname EVERY SINGLE DAY!

What does this mean to me? It means I have to look at their contact information EVERY SINGLE DAY to see if they are who I think they are.

People, keep your nickname the same. Please. Or I can just use the "Block Contact" options.

Comments (Page 2)

Jafo

on May 19, 2006

I change my name on MSN often. However, it is ALWAYS in this format:

AJ - *blah blah blah*

That's just as bad...like those asinine scripts in IRC that say 'Dork is back [gone 15 seconds]' or whatever.

Who on this earth actually cares to want to know how long some sad bastard was away from a chat session?

People need to grow up and get out more....

Jafo

on May 19, 2006

I change my name on MSN often. However, it is ALWAYS in this format:

AJ - *blah blah blah*

That's just as bad...like those asinine scripts in IRC that say 'Dork is back [gone 15 seconds]' or whatever.

Who on this earth actually cares to want to know how long some sad bastard was away from a chat session?

People need to grow up and get out more....

starkers

on May 19, 2006

"That's just as bad...like those asinine scripts in IRC that say 'Dork is back [gone 15 seconds]' or whatever.

Who on this earth actually cares to want to know how long some sad bastard was away from a chat session?

"
Dunno, Jafo....seems you're getting grumpier in yer old age...

Jafo = Just Another Frumpy Oldie.

Sad thing is, I agree totally. There's far too much such-like crap cluttering chat pages. Like who gives a rat's that someone was away on the bog

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Jafo

on May 20, 2006

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That's just as bad...like those asinine scripts in IRC that say 'Dork is back [gone 15 seconds]' or whatever.
Who on this earth actually cares to want to know how long some sad bastard was away from a chat session?

Yes it does....

Keikonium

on May 20, 2006

I don't leave away messages

.

I leave have my name, a dash, and then something along the lines of "I love my girlfriend" or, a website url

.

Never been in an IRC chat @_@.

Bahu Virupaksha

on May 20, 2006

I think the name should not chane just for the heck of it. Why should a blogger try to confuse people. That is not thr right thing to do.

starkers

on May 20, 2006

Yes it does...

Ta' for the demo....I see that, just didn't before.

dynamaso

on May 21, 2006

Hmm, seems to me a lot of people out there might be confused about who they really are. But it doesn't help to confuse the rest of us at the same time.

starkers

on May 21, 2006

Hmm, seems to me a lot of people out there might be confused about who they really are.

Yeah....we've got cross-dressers/transvestites, etc....'tis confusing alright, dead set scary in a singles bar.

dynamaso

on May 22, 2006

Yeah....we've got cross-dressers/transvestites, etc....

I suppose this is the difference between those who have nuts, are nuts or eat nuts...

starkers

on May 22, 2006

I suppose this is the difference between those who have nuts, are nuts or eat nuts...

That's the confusing part...ascertaining which is which, the have's and have not's.

thomassen

on May 22, 2006

Not sure about the older MSN version, but in MSN Messenger Live you can have your contacts listed by their real name instead of their nickname.
And Trillian does that as well.

BlueDev

on May 22, 2006

Not sure about the older MSN version, but in MSN Messenger Live you can have your contacts listed by their real name instead of their nickname.
And Trillian does that as well.

Yeah, I am finding out just how little I know of these programs.

CerebroJD

on May 22, 2006

Also in MSN live, you can override their nicknames with one of your choosing. I do that to all my friends now.

starkers

on May 22, 2006

Also in MSN live, you can override their nicknames with one of your choosing. I do that to all my friends now.

That's fine so long as they don't find out what you're calling them.....

Personally, I don't care what people call me.....so long as it's not late for breakfast....any meal, come to think of it.

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