Creating the right balance between privacy and self-marketing

As an open source developer, I need to market myself, which requires keeping my realname around the internet so that people can find me.

Say I'm John Doe.

Some examples include: I have a github username jondoe, email address [john@johndoe.com](mailto:john@johndoe.com), hacker news username johndoe etc.

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The problem is that this is a bit too "exposed", as in standing out from others.

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I do wonder what is the right balance between keeping my privacy while …

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