Pseudonyms

“We need online alter egos now more than ever” by Judith S. Donath. The title attracted my attention and pushed me to start reading. The writer argues for the use of pseudonyms or fake names in life and online. Some people say that the use of fake names is a form of lying and others say that fake names are used to manage impressions that they make (Donath 513). Although alter egos are seen bad in the society, but they are useful and valuable in many situations. Using pseudonymous names can persist our privacy and dignity. The use of fake names establish a local identity, people can build a history under their fake names. People use pseudonyms in order to be free to discuss everything they want under these fake names. Nowadays, many countries allow people to use such names and to participate more in making history under fake names. Pseudonyms encourage civility and preserve privacy, under these names; we can do whatever we want without abusing our privacy (Donath 515). For …show more content…
Real names are so useful in discussions or in professional interviews or meetings. For example, if I am graduated and I want to find a work with my university degree, so I have to present my CV to the manager of the company using my real name and my real personal information. I should write my name as it is in my identity card not as I put it on social media for example.
To sum up, using real names can damage our privacy and dignity. But there exist some situations when we have to be totally real as a human being.
“We need online alter egos now more than ever” by Judith S. Donath. The writer argues for the use of pseudonyms in life and online. We come up with a conclusion that using pseudonyms online is good and private but using them in our real life can be damaging our life. Also, the writer can improve the article by giving more examples from people’s experiences in