Ozzymandeus poem

Who wouldn’t want their first name as their username?

I felt it was both accurate and efficient at contextualising my posts/replies. 👍

I always use names based on the titles of books by the writer Jonathan Carroll. They’re fascinating books and great titles. Sometimes I use the names of one of his characters instead. Really an author people should read more of. Bones of the Moon is one of his first few novels and part of a trilogy.

I knew I loved the name Rose, and wanted to try exploring it as a part of my identity in any way possible, especially when I wasn’t really using it fully as a name yet.

Turns out, many of us have done this. I have run into so many variants of “Rose Thorn”, and like 90% of the time it’s been a fellow transwoman.

I don’t even really remember to be honest x)

The moment I was creating my user, I checked and I wasn’t a velociraptor.

My parents.

I post under my real name both out of nostalgia for usenet (the original federated forum) where it was customary to use your real name in Germany. And to be able to post identifying information without fear of being “discovered”.

With enough data points and a little investigation it is ridiculously easy to identify a single user. My wife demonstrated that to me a few years back when she identified some anonymous bloggers and turned out to be correct. Otherwise I might be tempted to post really private stuff under the misguided impression that I am anonymous.

All the more unusual ones were taken.

A friend.

I think it’s pretty obvious.