User Ids and handles can contain many things. Names, birthdays, songs or sports teams. Others can be funny and even sometimes strange. One thing is for certain; they are plentiful. Everything on the internet requires a user name or handle and it has become second nature to people to make them. No longer do people have commitment issues they once did (think back to days of AOL) where making a screen name was your only means of letting others know who you were as well as the fact it included all of your contact information (email, instant messaging, account information). Day after day more and more people are acessing internet and this poses both good and bad instances. People are no longer bound by expansive distances, or oceans and can now speak with anyone around the world at any time. Never before has there been such a hurdle crossed for reaching out to others across the world. Friends and loved ones can speak daily to each other in almost any circumstance around the world. Businesses can email clients and co-workers and no longer is there a need to fly around the world to shake hands. Friends can chat and share their hobbies in sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and Flickr. There is also another benefit; anonymity of online user names and the allowance to portray whatever type of persona you like. While this can be a good thing it also can be very bad. A common issue as of late is the rise of child predators and Internet bully’s. So much so that it has become an ongoing issue for companies such as MySpace and Facebook. The anonymity of users works both ways and a young teen looking for friends can wind up being made fun of or beaten up. Anonymity in user names may not be perfect but one thing is for sure. User names are here to stay, so long as people have these abilities of internet social networking.
~Ernie
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