One of the most intriguing things about the Internet is the names adopted by those who engage in social media. Be it Twitter, Instagram or even boring old forums like this one, there are always a load of humorous usernames that you’d just love to know the story behind.
So I’m gonna call out the ones that I really want to hear an explanation as to how they came about.
My biggest problem with t’internet is that I had a facebook page. That’s since been deleted… Currently have this site, twitter and a weather site I contribute to… Otherwise I have no online persona… As far as I recall!
@alanoc, @beeko, @5AliveOh, @TheLoneRanger. I know TLR is on shore leave somewhere (but this place is certainly the poorer for it)… but I’d like to hear from the three I called out. And I called out there username based on the fact that they contribute greatly to the threads I read on this forum and make it worthwhile reading.
Living in Belfast 26 years. When I first start visiting this site, noticed a few users had names that obviously meant they were living in other parts of the country or abroad. Thought that was a decent idea for my own.
In a former incarnation of reservoirdubs, the great Clayton started a thread called “Resser in the spotlight” whereby we had a week to ask a named resser any questions we felt like asking. Obviously, not all were answered but it was a brilliant thread. In my turn, I was asked that question… it was something of a play on “Biko”. For some reason I was always moved by the Peter Gabriel song and, later on from that, the film “Cry Freedom”.