What Does This Mean?
[ ACCOUNT IDENTITY ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]
A secondary account run by the same person as their main account, used for a variety of purposes from privacy to posting content separate from their primary identity.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"That's obviously his alt, same writing style and same three followers."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard internet identity vocabulary dating to the earliest multi-account-capable platforms, becoming ubiquitous once virtually every social platform made maintaining a second account technically trivial.
FIRST SEEN
2000
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Throwaway AccountBurner AccountAlt Character
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
↓ FADING
EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ ACCOUNT IDENTITY ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]
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MENTIONS OVER TIME
DOCUMENTED SINCE
2000
NOW
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