Internet Name Hierarchy

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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.

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