I use the picture everywhere as my avatar, together with this nickname. It makes it easy to find me on different platforms and to recognize me.
Now that you mention it, I do recognize you from GitHub. I hope Blorp is working out for you!
Haha yes, even Timmy related, I did it and it worked well with my one person PieFed instance :)
It’s just what I’ve always done…
Well I didn’t, but this handle (or variations of it) and I go back maybe 20-25 years, including owning a domain
I think my name and location is fairly easy to find
I bet its for the babes
I sure am turned on by those floppy drivers in your profile pic, big boy
What have I got to hide?
Wrong question. It’s “Who would I need to hide from?”
I ain’t skeered.
I don’t want to be lured into a false sense of anonymity. It’s pretty easy to find a person if they post enough. Plus I’m using my own instance, which makes it trivial to find me.
On top of that it’s a remnant from my Usenet days. In Germany it was expected to use your real name. Actually strange, considering Germany’s hacker culture and strict sense of privacy.
I never use my picture or real name for anything. I don’t have social media, so it’s not that crazy.
But for no reason at all, i do it on steam. The only platform where no one uses their name and picture.
