Connecting online and IRL identities

[the last yatto]

Use just Cram, or you attached to the full name?
or come up with a new handle for more professional nature

for the longest time only a few people knew who NARF really was on IRC

[Triple Zero]

first, the URL is too awesome NOT to get

second

> for example you could google image search cramulus and find pictures of me

this is a one way connection. i should worry about the ones that connect you IRL to Cramulus, not the other way around. considering jobs, that is.

also, this website idea is an idea for you to make money and start a company, right? so if that's the case you wont have to worry about employers, because you'd be your own. the idea being, you can probably keep your real identity far away enough as long as this website idea doesn't hit it off real awesomely good, and then you won't have to worry about employers anymore, because that's (part of) your goal, right?

I say, just to fuel/disengage (both, yeah..) your paranoia, do some periodical vanity searches for your real name and see how far you can follow the threads.

disclaimer, this is just speculation, I never been in a situation like this, so finally it'll be your call.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

What 000 said. I have a very public "public" life, and while I maintain a modicum of distance between the two, my private life links pretty easily to my public life; but not vise versa. In other words, I am way more afraid of my customers/fans/colleagues finding this place via my real name than I am of you spags finding my real life through this place. A good way to prevent that is by flooding the internet with "real name" based information, so that anything that links you to Cramulus is on the 5th or 6th page.

[Rumckle]

I think Trip hit the nail on the head. The best way is to see how far you can get at the moment, and see if it is a problem at all.

Also, RWHN made a good point, it depends on what area you would be applying for.

[LMNO]

Cram, I just googled your IRL name (or, at least the one you use on facebook), and aside from your obituary (my condolences, by the way) the only non-professional stuff that came up was two Larp sites.  The rest weren't even you, I don't think.

When I googled Cramulus, almost everything that came back was erisian.

I think that if you linked the two and someone did a search on your IRL name, it would be pretty hard to dig through the other *** ********'s to get to Cram.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I'm Khara everywhere.  It's my name.  If someone wants to give me shit about it from work, well I will be more than happy to get into the whole freedom or religion thing and I'm sure there are more than a few law firms who would love a juicy case.  My boss, for example, knows who and what I am.  He just gives me odd looks on occasion.  As long as I do my job and do it well, what can he say.

I don't think you would have too many issues Cram, religion is a very touchy subject and most employers will avoid it every chance they can.

It's not like you are preaching the faith in the lunchroom or anything.  So as long as whatever you are doing is legal and not violating any kind of non-compete issue, you should be fine!

[Kai]

I use my legal name for professional/academic things. People who get close enough to me IRL learn I want to be called Kai. However, Kai is a very very common name. The extended version of that is NOT. However, I don't use that name here.

It would take some major stalking to find the links between IRL and Online. They're out there, but any job I apply for isn't going to do more than google my legal name.

[Cramulus]

welll it is not set up yet,

but I am now the proud owner of http://cramul.us

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

is it wise to connect my Real Name with my Online Identity?

No. It's probably one of the dumbest things you could possibly do unless you are independently wealthy and/or do not give a fuck.

That said, I'm pretty sure there are ways to obtain a site without revealing your IRL identity.

[Telarus]

welll it is not set up yet,

but I am now the proud owner of http://cramul.us

I approve, whatever you end up doing with it. Personally, I have no problem that my holy-name and my irl name can be connected with a little legwork. I realize that some people do and respect that (I have had someone from here who I randomly connected the two, who asked me to keep that in confidence, and I have and will continue to do so. Pope's have reputations to uphold, Ratzinger notwithstanding).

I do think that the urge is more about managing different social networks and not wanting them to bleed into each other. (I also have a New Zealand telecom company squatting on the word 'Telarus' and fouling search results, but I've had it longer than they have.  )

If I'm going on Safari or anything more than that, I choose a different handle.

[Telarus]

I'd also like to note that having these tenuous connections allows me to require the Court and Prosecutor to refer to me as "Episkopos <insert holy name>, or Your Excellency" (hey, Episkopos is equivalent to Bishop, yah?) during verbal argument, but I'll probably follow that with "But you, Your Honor, I like you. So the court has permission to refer to me as Brother. I think that the Prosecutor's jaw muscles would appreciate this."

[Jasper]

is it wise to connect my Real Name with my Online Identity?

No. It's probably one of the dumbest things you could possibly do unless you are independently wealthy and/or do not give a fuck.

That said, I'm pretty sure there are ways to obtain a site without revealing your IRL identity.

I think it wouldn't be unwise to connect your IRL name with *an* online identity.  That way people will be less likely to spot your other online identities.

[BadBeast]

I would do a bit of Net Fu, and find out everything you can about your Boss. See what flavour Porn he likes to peruse during working hours. What facebook groups he is in, etc.
And maybe his Boss too. See what dubious shit they get up to online. There's always something.
And I mean, it's not like you are involved in any acts of terrorism, (I trust) or Loli-luring. And then when you have something stinky on your Boss, your concerns over what he thinks you get up to, will pale into insignificance. (Hopefully) And may even see you fast tracked higher into the corporate structure. I mean, it's not really blackmail, just career insurance. (The word "blackmail" has such negative connotations, don't you think?)
But still, go careful with your name online. Or somebody might steal your identity, and ting!   

[Iason Ouabache]

This is one of the times where I'm glad to have a fairly common name. Googling my first + last gives 5 pages worth of a former journalist. It would take a huge amount of searching to connect my IRL name with this user name. And if an employer is paranoid to search that deeply then I probably wouldn't want to work for them in the first place.

[BadBeast]

I'd also like to note that having these tenuous connections allows me to require the Court and Prosecutor to refer to me as "Episkopos <insert holy name>, or Your Excellency" (hey, Episkopos is equivalent to Bishop, yah?) during verbal argument, but I'll probably follow that with "But you, Your Honor, I like you. So the court has permission to refer to me as Brother. I think that the Prosecutor's jaw muscles would appreciate this."

"Yes Your Honour, I am known, in certain circles as as the Great Beast, 666, but in regard to the purposes for which we are here today, you may call me Little Sunshine"