I so empathize with this.
I never really gave a damn about having a consistent name around the 'net until I started on LJ, but since then, I've tried to use "Yendi" as my name wherever I go. Alas, it's gotten nabbed on most services (and is too short to be allowable on gmail). That's the case even for non-social networks, if only to make me have to memorize fewer login IDs. That said, I've never gotten booted for using that name on any service, at least.
For the record, the only places in which you're likely to see me in which I'll show up as "Yendi" are here, Flickr, and Kingdom of Loathing. I'm most certainly not the "Yendi" at myspace (*shudder*) or del.icio.us.
I never really gave a damn about having a consistent name around the 'net until I started on LJ, but since then, I've tried to use "Yendi" as my name wherever I go. Alas, it's gotten nabbed on most services (and is too short to be allowable on gmail). That's the case even for non-social networks, if only to make me have to memorize fewer login IDs. That said, I've never gotten booted for using that name on any service, at least.
For the record, the only places in which you're likely to see me in which I'll show up as "Yendi" are here, Flickr, and Kingdom of Loathing. I'm most certainly not the "Yendi" at myspace (*shudder*) or del.icio.us.