The phrase &quot;Real name&quot; includes assumptions: <div><ul><li>The name is the thing </li><ul><li>(vs.<i> Ceci n’est pas une pipe</i>) </li></ul><li>Some names are more real than others </li><ul><li>(&quot;Phil Wolff&quot; isn&#39;t my full legal name or the name I respond to in <i>schul</i>) </li>


</ul><li>An outside observer can judge which is more real</li><ul><li>And of course Facebook and Google are the natural judges</li></ul></ul><div><br>Phil Wolff<br>managing editor, Skype Journal<br><a href="http://SkypeJournal.com" target="_blank">http://SkypeJournal.com</a><br>


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