Episode 4
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Alan & Craig took a hard look at their online counterparts and whether it’s better to be Neo or Thomas A. Anderson.
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Show Notes
00:28 The many names of CPWilson aka buddySideshow & AGKuma the Artist formerly known as LordAlan
01:00 Origin Stories
02:40 Sum 41 Rules & the ways of Old: Don’t give out your name
04:10 Now your full name is an integral part of the online brand
04:49 Twitter Identity infringement & The Case of The Many GirlGeeks
06:16 Trademarking names with Microsoft and Apple
06:56 Twitter spambots (infographic on the site)
07:53 The Great Twitter Bank Heist and security questions
08:40 Please Rob Me
09:31 @RamEmanuel & @CatBinLady
10:18 Go to our damn funny website
10:47 No joking around on Facebook profiles
14:41 Michael Anti, a Chinese blogger whose legal name is Zhao Jing, is banned from Facebook for his pseudonym
15:25 TechCrunch, World of Warcraft & RealIDs
19:46 Come to Facebook, where everyone knows your name
20:40 I actually say “anonymity” earlier perfectly fine. Go to A lil bit of Youtube Sunshine
21:59 Boy is dick on EA forum. Boy gets banned from BioWare game.
23:50 Wait a minute, there’s bad language on XBOX Live?!
26:36 Character creation as extension of personal identification. Only kidding, it’s a bald joke
27:43 The gap between your eyebrows and in SecondLife
30:00 Wait a minute, female videogame characters have huge whats?!
31:49 How to remove anonymity by naming and shaming when gaming
34:10 Outro: Send us suggestions at mailbag@split-screen.net and leave us an iTunes review!
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Additional recommended reading:
Arianna Reiche on anonymity with women in technology
The Border House’s look at the misogynist language used on major gaming sites
