Is it normal to put さん after an internet handle?


Is it ok to put さん after an internet handle, such as a twitter name or a
username?

My suspicion is that you'd avoid adding さん if it'd confuse the software, and
that addressing someone by their internet handle at all would be too casual in
formal situations, but that otherwise you'd add さん or whatever honorific was
appropriate.




Not only is it okay, the Twitter button on a website will do this
automatically when you are using Japanese locale. For example, I recently
pressed the button and it tweeted

> Ursula K. Le Guin pressured to make books 'more like Harry Potter'
> <http://blastr.com/2012/07/ursula-k-le-guin-pressure.php> @blastrさんから

When replying to someone on Twitter with an @myname, you don't generally add
さん to their username because it makes it look a bit like writing a letter, but
if you are mentioning them in the midst of a sentence, you will add it unless
if it's a good friend, for example, 「.@mynameさんによると・・・」

With other kinds of usernames, さん is completely dependent on context. For
example, on 2channel you may see people add it to be polite, or omit it to be
casual, or even from time to time use it sarcastically, like
「1さんのお母さんでいらっしゃいますか？息子さんが 2ちゃんにクソスレ立ててらっしゃいますよ。」




Not only is it okay, the Twitter button on a website will do this
automatically when you are using Japanese locale. For example, I recently
pressed the button and it tweeted

> Ursula K. Le Guin pressured to make books 'more like Harry Potter'
> <http://blastr.com/2012/07/ursula-k-le-guin-pressure.php> @blastrさんから

When replying to someone on Twitter with an @myname, you don't generally add
さん to their username because it makes it look a bit like writing a letter, but
if you are mentioning them in the midst of a sentence, you will add it unless
if it's a good friend, for example, 「.@mynameさんによると・・・」

With other kinds of usernames, さん is completely dependent on context. For
example, on 2channel you may see people add it to be polite, or omit it to be
casual, or even from time to time use it sarcastically, like
「1さんのお母さんでいらっしゃいますか？息子さんが 2ちゃんにクソスレ立ててらっしゃいますよ。」

