Would you use a forum nick if you didn't own the .com

[Kuffy]

When choosing a sobriquet to use on a forum, I always use one based on a .com name that I own, or I am able to register before joining. This is a deliberate policy to remove (in part) the anonymity associated with forum names, and to create an Internet persona.

How many other adopt this policy?

 

[Pierre Barnard]

<< not me obviously

 

[cdboard]

I have seen an email address used as a forum username.


you may find some forums do not allow domains as usernames

 

[Kuffy]

How does the forun know? Nobody would know I owned Kuffy.com unless I posted it, or made it my homepage in my profile.

 

[internext]

i do this, but I dont think most do. In fact, some business-related forums encourage (or even require) the use of your real name

 

[Julio]

I had emailed the admin of a big popular forum to change my nickname to Arcade they said no because they wanted to keep the forum professional. I understood since there's a lot of warriors there fighting it out.

 

[N-A]

I don't adopt this policy as my name is quite common. The dot com is owned by a fragrance company and the dot org appears to have once been a personal blog.

But, I did successfully catch the dot net for $59 due to a tip by a member here and had 0 competition in doing so.

Prior to that, I purchased djwalker.com for mid XXX. You might think I'm crazy for paying that, but, you ought to consider that there are 16 dLwalker domains (including J) taken. So, it's a very common first initial with my last name.

Lastly, before the chip craze, I spent $2750 to purchase my initials (djw) in dot net. That was the most expensive venture with my "name" as a Chip wasn't even conceived as of then. However, BuyDomains held my initials and I wasn't getting them from them for anything close to resell value at that time ($600-$900). So, I anted up and paid the price. Apparently, it's now worth that and then some as I regularly get $5000+ offers for it - not for sale though.

I want to emphasize the point that my name on forums is my real name. In this world, you really only have one thing to offer people: Your word. My word is always from my mouth and I take ownership for everything I say and do, hence why I secured my name, initials, etc. My name is my brand.