Doc Edward Morbius ⭕<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://hackers.town/@vortex_egg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vortex_egg</span></a></span> There's a <em>very</em> long and substantial history of people adopting pseudonyms, nicknames, pen names, stage names, nommes de guerre, etc., for any number of reasons.</p><p>Some you're no doubt aware of, many you're quite likely not. ("Willy Brandt" was a particular surprise for me.)</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonym" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudony</span><span class="invisible">m</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pseudonyms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">pseudonyms</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pen_names" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">pen_names</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stage_names" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">stage_names</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pseudonyms_used_in_the_American_Constitutional_debates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">pseudonyms_used_in_the_American_Constitutional_debates</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononymous_person" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononymo</span><span class="invisible">us_person</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/pseydonyms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pseydonyms</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/pseudonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pseudonymity</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/pseudonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pseudonymous</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/PenNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenNames</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/StageNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StageNames</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/NommesDeGuerre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NommesDeGuerre</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Identity</span></a></p>