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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

And now it's 10 years since I wrote the update below. Except for Letterboxd where I am very active these days, I have in fact stopped all social media activity. Regarding MF, vamos a ver.

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It's going on 12 years since I wrote the profile text below. I have to say it now reads pretty self-loath-y. While I haven't graduated to wanting 'nothing to do with Web communities' - I'm just movin' on from this one. Bye.

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How boring is using your actual given name? "This isn't just a place for freaks after all?" I'm not sure about that. Most healthy people I know want nothing to do with Web communities. Most healthy people I know confound me.