Nearly twenty-five years ago I registered neil.fraser.name to provide a stable presence on the Internet. It has been the home of this website, my email address, and a server for APIs. It predates YouTube, Facebook, and smart phones. Minutes after my daughter was born, I also registered beverly.fraser.name.
Alan Smithee
Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project. Coined by the Directors Guild of America in 1968, it was used until 2000 when it was largely discontinued.[1] It was the sole pseudonym used by DGA members who were, on paper, directors of a film but were dissatisfied with the final product and able to prove to a guild panel that they had not been able to exercise creative control over its filming process. The director was also required by guild rules not to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the project's director.[2] The Alan Smithee credit has also been adopted for direction credit disputes in television, music videos and other media.
Fergus Gregg - ABC News
Fergus Gregg is a digital journalist with the ABC Breaking News desk. He joined in 2026 after working at Channel 7, the Mackay Daily Mercury and as a documentary film maker in Japan.
Name Checker - Social Media Username Checker
Check the availability of your desired Brand Name through our social media username checker (name checker). Claim your online identity across Social Media!
Simon Wardley - United Kingdom | LinkedIn
View Simon Wardley's (United Kingdom) professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like Simon Wardley discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts, and business partners.
Why does Google+ insist on having your real name?
Google+ is the latest social network to demand people's real names. But why do they need them?
We need a new username system
What do Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and a gazillion other digital platforms have in common? They all treat usernames like a baby treats a diaper instead of the precious and lucrative resource they are.
Anonymity, pseudonymity, and the agency of online identity: Examining the social practices of r/Gonewild
A debate is currently raging regarding the value of anonymity online. On one side of the debate is Facebook, the world’s largest social network site. Facebook demands that people use their real names and is one of the leading forces behind the push towards a “real name” Internet. On the other side of the debate are scholars such as danah boyd and Bernie Hogan and sites such as 4chan and Reddit that view anonymity and pseudonymity as important to how people construct identity online. While much has been written about the benefits of anonymity and pseudonymity, there is a lack of published research examining specific practices enabled by pseudonyms. This paper provides a detailed account of the behaviors enabled through pseudonymous identity construction through a case study of the subreddit r/gonewild. The main contribution of the article is to provide a specific account of the costs of a totalizing embrace of the “real name” Internet.
Anonymity, pseudonymity, and the agency of online identity: Examining the social practices of r/Gonewild
A debate is currently raging regarding the value of anonymity online. On one side of the debate is Facebook, the world’s largest social network site. Facebook demands that people use their real names and is one of the leading forces behind the push towards a “real name” Internet. On the other side of the debate are scholars such as danah boyd and Bernie Hogan and sites such as 4chan and Reddit that view anonymity and pseudonymity as important to how people construct identity online. While much has been written about the benefits of anonymity and pseudonymity, there is a lack of published research examining specific practices enabled by pseudonyms. This paper provides a detailed account of the behaviors enabled through pseudonymous identity construction through a case study of the subreddit r/gonewild. The main contribution of the article is to provide a specific account of the costs of a totalizing embrace of the “real name” Internet.
Analysis | The mysterious tyranny of trendy baby names
Why is every other kid these days named Mason, Grayson or Carson? We mined America’s biggest baby-name database to find the surprising answer.
Fraser Valley Current (@fvcurrent.bsky.social)
Quality news for Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Langley, Mission and the rest of the Fraser Valley. Winner of Jack Webster Awards and a National Newspaper Award. Journalism with a smile and data.
Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names
A higher quality discussion emerged among commenters allowed to use personas instead of their real names.
Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names
A higher quality discussion emerged among commenters allowed to use personas instead of their real names.
Dugan Nash on Twitter / X
I found old tweets that appear to belong to Jacob Coxon on the internet archive. While his current @hilbertspaess account was created in 2026, there were 2 previous Twitter accounts that used the same username between 2021-2024.Link to the tweets below -— Dugan Nash (@orville_sashhhh) September 16, 2026
#WSocial’s advice here is TERRIBLE - deleting your account won’t change a thing. Just now I found the record of a minor (15yo) who was verified by #WIdentity. His account status is now “taken down” but his full name, nationality and approx. date of birth are still visible on W's verification list!
W Social
We understand that you may prefer not to share your age range and nationality publicly. If so, you can delete your account under Settings → Account → Delete account. You can read more about how it works and the reasoning behind it here: wsocial.eu/profile/wsocial.eu/post/3mxgl…
