I occasionally get the you're-nothing-like-your-online-persona (what on-line persona?)

Sean - take it from me, you are nothing like your online persona. Well, maybe not nothing like - there's a family likeness - but you're a lot nicer in person than your online persona would suggest. I don't know what this means, though - for all I know the elbows-out Suibhne is actually more authentic than civilised Sean.

I've been online in various forms since 1996, and I've always been Phil Edwards*; like Steve, I've never had any trouble as a result. Suibhne's "Insane Beard" period prompted me to go for "Pip Radish", which was fun for a while, but ultimately I couldn't see any reason not to be myself. Apart from anything else, it makes advertising a lot simpler.