Christine Code <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Along comes a subscriber who uses a one-word alias instead of his
> name, confidentially mentioning that this is because he's so
> important in his extremely serious profession that his life would
> be at risk if he used his real name on the Net.
This is a staple, I believe. Remember that the old cliche of the online
male adolescent with poor social skills is not a myth; there really are
plenty of them out there. I have had this sample of
rising-testosterone-without-accompanying-accomplishment panic to exactly
the degree you describe. One would not reveal his true ID because
"half the people in the Nosh would recognize it." Another is a genius
and somehow that would affect the perceptions of others were they to
learn how brilliant he is (which indeed we would never know of if were
his writing the only clue).
One of the great online features is the ability to be whoever you
want to be. General acceptance of that role is not always so easy.
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