RE: Usernames vs. Real Names on Steemit
Nice post, Erick! Well, my user name is really a mixture of my real (first) name and a number series that I’ve been using for all my online accounts for the past 16 years or so. See, we have many Olegs in this world. I needed a unique identifier to claim my online id. @scrooger revealed the origin of my Steemit handle in this interview he did with me in South Korea two weeks ago.
In the past I led a more public life than I do now, both online and offline. Usually it was very easy for anyone to track my online persona oleg326756 to my real full name, my postal address and occupation. I never made a secret out of it. I am more reserved and private today, but still it’s no huge challenge to find me offline. Like you mentioned yourself, a sense of privacy here would only be a false one. :D
P.S.: Great to know you’re involved with the MIT. I did a short course in web development there back in 2003.
Thanks for the comment! I did not expect there to be so many Olegs in the world.
I guess having that sense of privacy is important to a lot of people here because of the principles of anonymity and privacy that go hand in hand with Bitcoin and blockchain technologies.
And cool, I hope the course was useful.