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Ladies and gents can I just ask a Q? Do any of you use your REAL name on your blogs??? Just watching someone on youtube, and from all the videos, blogs, tweets and etc, she goes by the name 'Ingrid'. That I assumed was her own name. But just watching her ''What's in my purse video'' (yes, I am nosey lol), she said, with regards to her driving licence, ''I'm not going to show you that because that'll give away my real name and what state I live in''.

Now am I right in thinking perhaps using your real name isn't such a wise idea or does it really not matter, so long as you've not given out your full address and full name (middle name and surname)??

My blog contains my ''pet name'', which many have called me for yearsss, since I was a child. Although my real name isn't that far off my pet name. .ho hmmm. I'm just wondering whether or not I should change it or leave it how it is @ the moment . . .Any thoughts on the matter?

Ladies and gents can I just ask a Q? Do any of you use your REAL name on your blogs??? Just watching someone on youtube, and from all the videos, blogs, tweets and etc, she goes by the name 'Ingrid'. That I assumed was her own name. But just watching her ''What's in my purse video'' (yes, I am nosey lol), she said, with regards to her driving licence, ''I'm not going to show you that because that'll give away my real name and what state I live in''.

Now am I right in thinking perhaps using your real name isn't such a wise idea or does it really not matter, so long as you've not given out your full address and full name (middle name and surname)??

My blog contains my ''pet name'', which many have called me for yearsss, since I was a child. Although my real name isn't that far off my pet name. .ho hmmm. I'm just wondering whether or not I should change it or leave it how it is @ the moment . . .Any thoughts on the matter?

Ladies and gents can I just ask a Q? Do any of you use your REAL name on your blogs??? Just watching someone on youtube, and from all the videos, blogs, tweets and etc, she goes by the name 'Ingrid'. That I assumed was her own name. But just watching her ''What's in my purse video'' (yes, I am nosey lol), she said, with regards to her driving licence, ''I'm not going to show you that because that'll give away my real name and what state I live in''.

Now am I right in thinking perhaps using your real name isn't such a wise idea or does it really not matter, so long as you've not given out your full address and full name (middle name and surname)??

My blog contains my ''pet name'', which many have called me for yearsss, since I was a child. Although my real name isn't that far off my pet name. .ho hmmm. I'm just wondering whether or not I should change it or leave it how it is @ the moment . . .Any thoughts on the matter?

Ladies and gents can I just ask a Q? Do any of you use your REAL name on your blogs??? Just watching someone on youtube, and from all the videos, blogs, tweets and etc, she goes by the name 'Ingrid'. That I assumed was her own name. But just watching her ''What's in my purse video'' (yes, I am nosey lol), she said, with regards to her driving licence, ''I'm not going to show you that because that'll give away my real name and what state I live in''.

Now am I right in thinking perhaps using your real name isn't such a wise idea or does it really not matter, so long as you've not given out your full address and full name (middle name and surname)??

My blog contains my ''pet name'', which many have called me for yearsss, since I was a child. Although my real name isn't that far off my pet name. .ho hmmm. I'm just wondering whether or not I should change it or leave it how it is @ the moment . . .Any thoughts on the matter?

I need to remain anonymous to protect myself in my career in the future xx

Ladies and gents can I just ask a Q? Do any of you use your REAL name on your blogs??? Just watching someone on youtube, and from all the videos, blogs, tweets and etc, she goes by the name 'Ingrid'. That I assumed was her own name. But just watching her ''What's in my purse video'' (yes, I am nosey lol), she said, with regards to her driving licence, ''I'm not going to show you that because that'll give away my real name and what state I live in''.

Now am I right in thinking perhaps using your real name isn't such a wise idea or does it really not matter, so long as you've not given out your full address and full name (middle name and surname)??

My blog contains my ''pet name'', which many have called me for yearsss, since I was a child. Although my real name isn't that far off my pet name. .ho hmmm. I'm just wondering whether or not I should change it or leave it how it is @ the moment . . .Any thoughts on the matter?

i don't use my real name, i use CameraGirl as with this, and i only ever put peoples' first names on it, and never addresses or anything else. although i do have a lot of pictures come to think of it maybe not the best idea, but there's nothing to track people down by other than that, and i had permission to put the photos up. it's mainly for my family/friends to read anyway, i suppose, it never really bothered me having photos on there since my address isn't on there, nor my name.

I don't use my real name, I wouldn't use both first and surname for a blog or YouTube for privacy reasons. I think using your first name is acceptable but it's more of a personal preference.

LoL Well that's the thing - people are on youtube, so obv. people can see them, BUT they've changed their name, which kinda defeats the object, surely? lol. I would never ever display my birth certificate name or my address, that is just a simple no no. But I'm just wondering whether I should shorten the name I have currently put on my blog? Or leave it how it is as legally it's not my proper name! Hmmm . .

Ladies and gents can I just ask a Q? Do any of you use your REAL name on your blogs??? Just watching someone on youtube, and from all the videos, blogs, tweets and etc, she goes by the name 'Ingrid'. That I assumed was her own name. But just watching her ''What's in my purse video'' (yes, I am nosey lol), she said, with regards to her driving licence, ''I'm not going to show you that because that'll give away my real name and what state I live in''.

Now am I right in thinking perhaps using your real name isn't such a wise idea or does it really not matter, so long as you've not given out your full address and full name (middle name and surname)??

My blog contains my ''pet name'', which many have called me for yearsss, since I was a child. Although my real name isn't that far off my pet name. .ho hmmm. I'm just wondering whether or not I should change it or leave it how it is @ the moment . . .Any thoughts on the matter?

My real full first name is quite long, and I never really use it generally in real life let alone online. I have a few nicknames that I use that are derived from my first name, one of which I use on my current blog. I wouldn't bother with surnames though, cos it's not important anyway, and it's nice to retain a bit of info for privacy reasons.

It's entirely up to you though how you go about things. You've got people like Michelle Phan, Ray William Johnson and Shane Dawson who are happy enough to go with their full names even though they are pretty famous YouTubers. But from what I've seen generally most people will only go by their first names. Whatever you feel comfortable with

Only official documents and my immediate family know my full proper name. I'm pretty sure there are some extended family members who don't know my proper first name or middle name lol, some of my friends don't even know lol because everyone knows me by my pet name. And then some people go further and shorten my pet name again lol.

Hmmm I shall see how I feel.

Well see that's where my issue kinda lies, I want 2 go into the law field, so obv. won't be saying shed loads about myself. But I've used my name which many know me by but not my actual birth certificate name. I'm jus wondering whether I should shorten the name I have on my blog or jus give myself a diff. name for security n anonymity purposes???

I don't really think it matters if you go by your real or use a fake name. As long as your a sensible person using the internet and not posting offensive material or anything that would be a cause for concern for potential employers i don't think it would really go against you would it?

I'd go by a fake name if I were you (I'm pursuing a legal career which is why I remain anonymous) xx