What Does This Mean?

Screen Name

[ PRESENCE MACHINES ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: IM and MySpace CultureCLUSTER: Presence Machines

A user's chosen display name on early messaging and internet platforms, functioning as their public identity within a given service before real-name policies became common on later social platforms.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"My old AIM screen name was so embarrassing looking back."

LORE & ORIGIN

Standard AOL and early internet terminology from the 1990s for a user's chosen online identity, a foundational piece of internet-identity vocabulary that predates the entire online-persona and alt-account culture that followed.

FIRST SEEN

1994

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

Not established

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:Buddy List

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESscreen name →Français fr-FRscreen name →日本語 ja-JPスクリーンネーム →한국어 ko-KR스크린네임 →Português pt-BRscreen name →中文 zh-CN网络昵称 →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ PRESENCE MACHINES ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

RELATED TERMS

Buddy List

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

1994

NOW

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TOP PLATFORMS

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