Internet Name Hierarchy

[packbat]

For no particular reason. Caveat: This merely represents my personal ranking of noms de réseau*. Disclaimer: Evaluations of Internet name do not reflect the named individuals – most of them are pretty cool people, regardless.

1. Short, snappy, and original nickname. Examples: Cubist, Quickbeam.
   
2. First name, last initial. Examples: Robin Z, ursulav.
   Full name. Examples: James Lazarus, bradhicks.
   
3. Not short, not snappy, or not-original nickname. Examples: Xepher, EverLastingGodStopper.
   
4. Other forms of real-life name. Examples: Mark, P J Evans.
   
5. Anything with underscores or other weird punctuation. Examples: peri_renna, Waltz #2 (XO)
   
6. Apparently-random strings of letters and/or numbers, (almost) regardless of meaning, and anything misspelled. Examples: Oowthie, TAG-your it!.
   
7. Any of the above, with a 4-digit year at the end.
   

Yeah, I'm going to bed now.

* Google Translate.

Comments

[the-zaniak.livejournal.com]

My first thought was that I was short, snappy and original. Then I realised that I was probably closer to not short OR snappy.

And then I realised I had an underscore!

Man, I don't rock NEARLY as hard as I'd hoped!

[packbat.livejournal.com]

You're telling me – peri_renna is me! It's not even original!

Ah, well. As Beckett said, "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

[zane314.livejournal.com]

What about numbers that aren't years? Does that fall into #6?

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Hm. It might qualify as #5, or even #3/#1, depending. But most times it would be #6, yes.