chikuru used initials to talk about people in his real life. This gave them some anonymity as only mutual friends would be able to figure out who he was talking about.I thought this was a good idea and have generally used it myself. I then noticed that
eds3 used aliases for his friends. I really like that, so have decided to start using aliases myself in future posts.I do often wonder if
eds3 keeps the alias list in his head, a piece of paper, or on his computer somewhere. 