namefag

plural namefags

1. InternetderogatoryA person who uses a name online (either their real name or a username) as opposed to posting anonymously, especially on the 4chan community.

   More people were criticizing him on AnonOps and Twitter as a namefag, moralfag, and leaderfag.

   2012, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN

   2 more examples

   Anonymous, Monica is a "namefag", you are hogging her limelight and now she's desperate to get it back... :)

   2008 February 12, Alexia Death, “Re: Article Recommendation for "Anonymous"”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)

   In fact, people who even used a name or tried to maintain any continuity of identity at all were generally mocked as namefags.

   2008 June 27, henri, “Re: Jesus - what is happening at Enturbulation.org”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)

present singular third person namefags · participle present namefagging · participle past namefagged · past namefagged

1. InternetderogatoryTo reveal one's identity or have one's identity revealed.

   Maybe some anons not careful enough get namefagged.

   2008 September 25, Ackerland [username], “Re: Garry Scarff aka Happy Smurf; still spying after all these years?”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)

   2 more examples

   Someone who namefags themself for the attention is derided, someone who namefags themself for the cause (eg: being police contact for their locality, getting permits, etc) is lauded.

   2008 February 20, Anonymous [username], “Re: OPERATION RECONNECT - APRIL”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)

   According to posts on WWP, the Anon who was struck did not want to have to namefag himself, which would have been necessary to press charges.

   2009 January 18, Beth, “Re: protesters assaulted in Clearwater; apparently by a retard”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)