# Can I change my UserName.....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-username/93627>\
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**Created:** [November 15, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-username/93627 "2001-11-15T23:38:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Capt.Spaulding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Capt.Spaulding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Spaulding)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-username/93627/1 "2001-11-15T23:38:26Z")

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…without having to change all of my other SDMB member info.

Sorry, I’m sure I should already know this but I couldn’t seem to find anything in my Profile page that allows me to change my UserName (password, sig, etc., “Sure”; but UserName, “No”).

When I first joined the SDMB a couple of years ago I didn’t see any point in being anonymous (this was the first online forum I’d ever participated in). But now…well gee, I just want to come up with a really pithy screen name and don’t want to be perceived as a newbie and:

1. get that condescending “I’ll teach you how to use the SDMB CORRECTLY!” from those sanctimonious types who are on the SDMB 24-7 and seem to have no life outside of it, or
2. get the glurgy “welcome to the club” smilies and _hugs_ from those really scary types who can’t seem to differentiate between real relationships speaking to absolute strangers in cyberspace.

Because I’m a curmudgeon…and now I’d like to be a curmudgeon with an alter-ego.

So, what’s the straight dope?

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-username/93627/2 "2001-11-15T23:43:16Z")

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Email [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com)

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-username/93627/3 "2001-11-15T23:43:45Z")

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E-mail **TubaDiva** and/or **Lynn Bodoni** with your request. You can find their e-mail addresses by clicking on the links to their names at the top the forum each moderates.

Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![Capt.Spaulding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Capt.Spaulding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Spaulding)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-username/93627/4 "2001-11-16T00:21:51Z")

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Thanks, folks. I’ve e-mailed the diva with my question.