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===Definition===
 
===Definition===
 
If avatars are placeholders for bodies, usernames have become symbols of identity. They’ve become one name now, such as @caseorganic of Twitter, or, as Chris Messina says, simply /caseorganic, to denote one’s namesake on multiple networking sites. One name now, like Archimedes of Syracuse, we are @caseorganic of Twitter, as Twitter is the digital space in which I reside the most - my online base of social interaction.
 
If avatars are placeholders for bodies, usernames have become symbols of identity. They’ve become one name now, such as @caseorganic of Twitter, or, as Chris Messina says, simply /caseorganic, to denote one’s namesake on multiple networking sites. One name now, like Archimedes of Syracuse, we are @caseorganic of Twitter, as Twitter is the digital space in which I reside the most - my online base of social interaction.
 
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Revision as of 05:18, 29 June 2011

Definition

If avatars are placeholders for bodies, usernames have become symbols of identity. They’ve become one name now, such as @caseorganic of Twitter, or, as Chris Messina says, simply /caseorganic, to denote one’s namesake on multiple networking sites. One name now, like Archimedes of Syracuse, we are @caseorganic of Twitter, as Twitter is the digital space in which I reside the most - my online base of social interaction.