alt account
Backup online identity
An alt account is a secondary account someone maintains on a social media platform, game, or online service, separate from their main or primary account.
People create alts for various reasons: to separate personal and professional identities, to post anonymously, to evade a ban, or to troll without consequences.
My alt account is just for shitposting.
She got caught running an alt to harass her ex.
- fake profileFabricated online identity
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- sockpuppetFake identity for deception
- throwawayDesigned for discard
- secondaryLesser in rank
anonymous · troll · catfish · username · pseudonym · online identity · incognito · impersonation · lurker · duplicate · persona · disguise · deception · privacy · hidden · secret · secret identity · backup
- Online Identityusername, screen name, handle, alias, display name
- online personastroll, bot, influencer, lurker, spammer
- online usersnetizen, casual user, new user, follower, active user
- Online Manipulatorstroll, bot, shill, sock puppet, sockpuppet
- online handlesusername, screen name, handle, display name, gamer tag
- anonymous usersguest, visitor, anon
alt, account, alternative, alternate, alternation, alternatively, alternating, accounting, accountant