Ben Ramsey on Nostr: It bothers me when folks refer to your “first” name as your “real” name, as ...

It bothers me when folks refer to your “first” name as your “real” name, as if a “middle” name isn’t real or valid. Some of us go by our middle names, and this is perfectly normal, and these names are still our real names.

For that matter, if someone doesn’t go by their birth name, their real name is still whatever name they ask you to call them, so respect that.