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The other day I was listening in on a casual conversation. The conversation started with literacy, then got into usernames. One of the people in the convo stated something like, "You can always tell a person's age or literacy level by the username they have. Those who have clever or well-thought of usernames with proper punctuation and spelling (DiamondEye, Spirit of Silence, Lord of Nightfall, Waffle House) are more literate, mature, and serious about roleplaying. While usernames that are random letters, numbers, or cliche titles (Xxwolfgirl438xX, fnafFan90012, LilaDaWolf123, mmny210, 670flower, cRaYoLa11) are either young kids, trolls, unskilled roleplayers, noobs, or all of the above."
(Note: the usernames listed are made up, and just examples of what he/she was talking about)
To me, the username doesn't determine if a person is illiterate, literate, young, old, mature, immature, serious, trolly, and so on. I've seen people with "silly usernames" do some amazing roleplaying, and acting mature. Judging a player by their username is like judging someone based on their character.
The question is DOES IT MATTER? Does it really matter? Do you think a person's username will determine what kind of member they are in the FH community? Will it determine their literacy, age, maturity, roleplay style, etc?
Why or why not?
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Really, What would tell a person more about another person: A face? A name? Skin color? Dialect, typing skill? Or, dare I say; how that person contributes, acts, and treats other people?
You never know how, when, or why their username is that way.
Maybe they were fishing for ideas. Finding a reference to something they thoroughly enjoy.
It's possibly complete gibberish.
It could be something they've carried in their online handle and has a very deep significance to them.
You can't really know as that's the nature of anonymity on the internet.
Though, I do thoroughly believe this is a topic worth exploring, but that is my short and to the point opinion.
And, as per usual, nobody is perfect. I should know.
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There are many holes in their claim.
It's kind of true that young players would make a username like "puppyluvr456" (I used to do it). However, that doesn't always mean the player is an immature newbie. Some people may be older members in-game and was younger back then. So a cliche username like the ones mentioned may be outdated, or not used anymore. I've seen plenty of good mature people with juvenile usernames.
For example, My username in-game is "WolfQueen". It is a cliche username, not something cool or borderline edgy, but I don't really use it anymore because it's from all the way back in 2011. I've changed a lot since then. I'm unable to change the username so I'm stuck with it.
In conclusion, no. Usernames don't determine someone's maturity.
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Ok, first of all.
1. This disturbed me so much considering I have a nearly stupid, cliche username and I'm literate.
2. It does not determine social skills.
3. They could've made the username a long time ago.
4. Some people with 'good' usernames don't often use capitals or punctuation.
5. Some people who are young can be very mature to the point their age is nearly impossible to predict on the Internet. (Trust me I know this..)
6. Although the information can be very important when it comes to socializing with them or roleplaying, a simple username cannot prove much.
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While one's username can tell you something about the person, such as perhaps an interest of theirs, it doesn't necessarily show a person's age or maturity level, as mentioned above already.
Many older users around here joined when they were younger.
I do see lots of people making entirely new accounts (provided registration is open at the time of course ;3) as they mature, which is what I did.
Still, I have many friends in-game with what one would consider "juvenile" usernames, but are the most mature, literate people ever.
In short, I don't think a username determines a floof's literate ability or age per say.
Though I do think usernames are important, as they're basically your identity around the community.
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usernames tend to tell you about an interest the person has
that's really all i can think of that i do/notice but other than that
a username is a username
could be old could be new i don't know
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A username can tell things about the person, even a part of their personality that might simply indicate they like to make jokes and stuff. Or it could tell they're creative, too, but again these things can be very hard to tell since we don't know everything about this name this person uses. I guess it can be called a "second identity", I mean.
I'm not hear to teach about what I think I know about psychology so I'll get to the point. No, I don't think that really matters. It may show a little bit of who they are or who they used to be in some ways, and I can see why people might assume that it effects maturity. But that's not it. It's not maturity. It's not anything, it's just who they are. A username doesn't show much about that.
It's just a username, really.
(Sorry if I don't make sense... D}:)
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id often determine how long someone has been on fh by their username; most of the time (excuse me if im wrong) you're first FH username is something kinda silly like wolfboy101 or w/e and as you start to determine what's accepted and not accepted the community, and when people reach that 'literate' stage, their usernames begin to get more advanced.
take for example my old-old-old-old user was 'lemons4ever' now, that sounds like a pretty dumb name (atleast to me), but as i delevoped on FH, my usernames began to get more 'wordy'
like: Yognaught
& SubtleSkeleton
now, that is not to say that all people with usernames such as mine or 'wolfboy101' are young, or iliterate or old or mature; since i have encountered many who have username like that, but are extremely literate!
i try myself, to not judge anybody but there is that once-off where im like "hmm these people sound kinda young bc of their user"
[apologizes if this doesnt make sense, im not rlly good @ explaining lol]
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NO, i don't think someones username matters at ALL. Also, if you do plan on or do judge people by their usernames then you should also remember that they made their account when they were younger and probably more immature than they are now, so just get to know them before you decide whether or not they are 'literate etc.."
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I agree with a lot of other people here, it doesn't really decide a persons maturity, just lets other people know what they are interested in so that people can strike up a conversation with them.
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No way, you should never judge people by their username. When making a username, the person may have been younger or oblivious to if it was a bad choice or not. Personally, if I could, I would do anything to change my username, (I made my account when I was OBSESSED with Warrior Cats xD) I'm sure a lot of other people would to.
Someone could have a username like poo929 and be the most literate person you could know. Never just assume if someone has 'luna' or 'pony' in their name they are 8 year old little girls.
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No, it does not matter. Due to the fact that Feralheart rarely opens registration nowadays, people are often stuck with their old usernames; and let's be honest, we've all had cliche users such as that, but as we grew; we also abandoned those.. odd names.
I mean, I'm an exception of course. My IGN is Hungry; which means exactly that.
I'm always frickin' hungry.
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I am going to be honest here, but a username does not tell anything about someone. First of all, you don't even have any idea who the person is. You cannot judge a person by their username, because that would make you either have false or true opinions about them, meaning also bad or good reflections of them and we are not expected to have a bad start without even knowing the person. It's a 50/50 chance and not the right thing to do, ever. It's always better to be welcoming with everyone and respect who they are and what they have and if you don't like who the person is in the end, even if they have a literate username, you should always show respect.
That's the lines I usually go through, I'm not a tough heart really. I always like to be soft and proud to be sensitive and strong, or else I wouldn't have the personality I have now. <3
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I don't judge usernames at all, half of the time I don't even really pay attention to them unless I see the person around a lot or something like that. God, I saw this person and I think that their username was "wolfgirl11" or something like that, but they were the most literate role player I had ever seen. It could've been their old account, or they could've just not cared about the username they had much. Who knows.
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Most people judge other's ages by their usernames. For example my user name, ''iiAwshumGurl'' rather than ''iiAwesomeGirl''
some people will point out I spelt awesome wrong or girl wrong but AwshumGurl was a username I created years back when my spelling wasn't amazing, I must admit, I do like my username since it brings back memories. That''s why I've kept it to this very day despite the fact that I'm in my late teen years.
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I somewhat see where they are coming from. For the /most/ part, I do see many trolls, non-lits, and immature players with usernames as the ones you listed, but I don't think you should judge people by their users. For instance, I have another account called iloverocky78. That was my first account. I used that user because Rocky was my childhood dog. He meant so much to me. He was there through everything.
I will be honest in saying that when I made the account I was unaware that it would show up and people would see it. I thought it was just my forum username. That could be the case for others as well. Who knows? I don't believe judging a person my their username is a valid assumption. But that's what RPS are for. c:
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You have a great point usernames really shouldn't determine about a person irl but like mine its my initials and the year I was born my parents made me do it I would have chosen a different one but hey its better than nothing. So yeah when you see really weird usernames it doesn't mean that they are immature it just means that they wanted to be creative with their username
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Once again, I echo what many others who have commented before me posted.
You can't judge a book by its cover. Never know the true nature of the person behind the screen until you talk to them yourself.
Even then it's still limited.
However, I do like to come up with stories as to why a person may have a specific user. Certainly could be interesting.
For example; Someone has the name "Fluffybuns12". I then think that maybe they named it after a well loved pet, the number may be random or specific time in their life that they enjoyed.
Or my user "Zophrenia" as another example. I made it after a character or a fursona that really connects to me, as well as fond memories of rping that character.
Sometimes I tend to judge people (Not harshly, Don't worry.) on peoples way of typing more so then the username as i tend to notice certain age groups use certain ways of speaking or mannerisms. But even then i'm careful as I've known older people to type poorly. vuv
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I have to admit that I look up people's usernames pretty commonly. I have to admit that usernames matter to me a bit, since those with a lot of numbers and odd letters make me suspicious about players age. However I don't judge them too much by that because I've talked to a lot of great people with weird usernames! ^-^
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Usernames are fun to look at. But you can't really judge too harshly. There could be people who made an account a long time ago, and it might look silly. But memories and such are always attached to a username, which can be a reason why someone would still use something old.
I enjoy looking at usernames. But honestly, I love seeing character names. That's always interesting.
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Usually I look at a username and try to think "The username was chosen at the time when the user liked ___" or "the user has a pet named ___" or something similar, and although I do subconsciously guess an age window, I try to push it away to the back of my mind, because I don't like judging people.
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Oh my god, if people judged me by my username I'd go nowhere on the roleplay scene. My username is "narwalpanda54321", and it's simply a username that I made up using my two favourite animals at the time, and accidentally misspelled "narwhal" as "narwal".
My second account, "~Trixx~", was made after I became literate, but it's still just the name of a kids cereal. At the time of making my primary account, "narwalpanda54321", I was 11, and didn't think you needed proper grammar online, as long as you were understood. It took me a little while to start using normal grammar rules OOC, and only using very basic text talk if I was in a rush to add my thoughts to the conversation.
My view is that your username is not a judge of your literacy, as some people have been on FeralHeart for years and are wonderful roleplayers, but their usernames as silly. Judging maturity by username is even sillier, because an account could be years old, and made when someone was 12 and now their 15(for example), and their username no longer represents their "maturity". Even if the account was brand new, you never know when the username is simply recycled from another website, and who knows when they signed up for that other website.
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I /usually/ don't put anythign in a username. My in-game username is Hotdogsrule, but I made it years ago, so obviously I've matured since then haha.
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It can tell you alot. It tell you about a character from tv, favorite word, favorite moment, personality, background, and basically knowledge about life.
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Personally i find it quite offensive seeing as i made this account awhile ago and my username is one that end in 123. I have since matured and understand that that username sucks. However i have built a good reputation on my account so people who know me know what I'm like. Its honestly very upsetting to hear people assume this.
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Sometimes it does.
Being an experienced MMORPG gamer, I know not to make a silly/random/stupid username. I make sure it means something, and that its cool.
But then again those people with silly users can be great people and RPers! But usually they're younger kids or noobs.
I agree with what the person said, and I do normally judge like that, but I'll still talk to them. If they turn out too immature I try to leave. If they sound okay, I go RP with them, or something else!
You have to try, right? ^^