- What is a "handle" and why should I specify one?
Your handle is a short "nickname" that is displayed instead of your e-mail address whenever you participate on the various interactive areas of the site. There are many reasons you should specify a handle:
- E-mail addresses tend to be long, ugly, and not particularly memorable - choosing a unique handle will allow folks to immediately identify who you are. Try to choose something that will really "stick" in folks' minds.
- If your e-mail address should change later, the same handle can be used with the new address.
- Dealers can set their handles to the name of their store.
A few example handles (these are already taken, sorry ;-) ):
- Jake
- Chris S.
-
nightwolf
- Fat Sound Guitars
- Some folks set their handles to their full names: like Brad W. Traweek, for example.
If you do not explicitly specify a handle in your User Profile, your e-mail address will be used in its place; i.e., whereever your handle would have appeared your e-mail address will appear instead.
