I do! I used to be a different name on the Nest and then about a year or so before the migration I changed it. Now I wish I would've kept it. And yes I do realize I can change it in PB but then the tagging feature wouldn't work. Womp Womp
I think mine might be misinterpreted as me having very strong feelings for my state when in fact it's three letters from my name followed by my state. I'm okay with it.
I would go for something less generic if I had to do it over again. But I feel like I worked so hard to build up some board recognition after the migration, I'll keep my SN, avatar, and sig pic forever to make sure you all remember who I am
You can just make a whole new name. That's what I did. Just keep the old one in your sig for reference and keep the same signature/avatar. We catch on quick.
This is what I did but I did it early on so I only lost a post count of 300 or something.
Post by ginkgoleaf on Oct 21, 2014 15:15:38 GMT -5
I've changed mine so I'm hard to tag. I've thought about starting a whole new account with the preferred name, but I'd lose my (admittedly not that impressive) post count/likes.
Post by timorousbeastie on Oct 21, 2014 15:17:42 GMT -5
I would like to switch to something less google-able, but I don't want to give up my post count. It took too long to get to full member status, I don't want to start over as a newbie
Post by rootbeerfloat on Oct 21, 2014 15:59:26 GMT -5
I changed my display name. I like to make tagging a challenge lol. Actually I didn't want to lose my "history." But I should've changed the whole thing because now there is an actual chloesilverado who randomly posts on ML. (Hint to keep us straight: I don't have a dog.)
Post by Velar Fricative on Oct 21, 2014 16:40:38 GMT -5
I did about 6 months after the migration. My former name was my name and birthday because I am so creative. Lost my post count but still an Elder since I hang out here too much.
ALL the time. My SN was an old email address and I really didn't put any thought into it. I also didn't plan on becoming a regular poster, so figured it wouldn't matter.
I'm not even really someone who pays attention to post counts, but I don't want people to not know who the hell I am either.
I jokingly said once that I might become "ill_tight_sounds" (where my Nsync girls at? Lol).
Post by turkletsmom on Oct 21, 2014 18:35:40 GMT -5
I've thought about changing since I'm too identifiable if someone IRL found me. I don't post enough that anyone would notice if I started over. Maybe I'll change so that I can start posting more scandalous stuff
You can just make a whole new name. That's what I did. Just keep the old one in your sig for reference and keep the same signature/avatar. We catch on quick.
I have worked HARD for my post count and "likes" that I've gotten. Even though they're both relatively low I don't want to lose them all!! If I did that and started back at zero I would be like
You can just make a whole new name. That's what I did. Just keep the old one in your sig for reference and keep the same signature/avatar. We catch on quick.
That's what I did but now people keep calling me green canyon lol. I should change my avatar to a crayon.
I had wanted to change my SN since my very first GTG, 6-ish years ago. I felt very dumb saying, Hi, I'm champagna! Don't get me wrong, it LOOKS super cool in writing (lol) but,I made a mental note to change it some day to something that sounds more like a real name. GraceChen is the best SN ever.
THAT'S who you are! (I should have figured this out long ago.)
I would choose somethong easy and short. Bagel? Cake, pie haha. I'm hungry.
Are you doing a feeding? Makes you hungry. My h brought cookies home from work and I just saw then on the table. I really want one for breakfast but 5am cookie seems so bad.
Ding ding ding. Cookies at 5am sounds like heaven. Mil brought us apple pie yesterday. I can't wait to have a piece. My diet hates when ppl bring us good stuff.