We were discussing in my psych class how anonymity on the internet can lead to terrible things - child porn, bullying, insults thrown everywhere, Godwin's law. Because we're anonymous, we have the chance to de-individuate - to loose ourselves amongst a vast crowd, to get carried away and possible commit terrible, terrible acts.
That's not to say the internet is to blame for all of these problems. Or that de-individuation is always bad (it's not - you could get swept up with a mass of people doing wonderful things. That's just sadly less frequent). There's just an interesting correlation there. SO, after thinking about this, I decided to include my first name, as I'd done before, on my blog identity, simply because I couldn't rationalize being completely anonymous. Besides, I would like to reference this blog on a resume and not freak out would-be employers by identifying myself only as [Nazi Vampire Hunter] online. And if my friends haven't identified my by now... then fine. Yes, I'm still most likely presenting myself online differently than I would in person... mainly because I have the freedom to say whatever and you can't exactly get someone to shut up mid-post (unless you stop reading of course). But [Nazi Vampire Hunter] is just too cool not to use in some fashion... and it's nicely fitting to an aspect of my personality, I'd like to think. Especially in the realm of culture writing. So a Nazi Vampire Hunters I shall remain... just not a completely nameless one :)
Quick note as of 2/2/12: I have changed my online name to [La Maga] for random reasons. Mainly because getting people searching "Nazi Vampires eating babies" and ending up at my blog kinda weirds me out.
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