# Change Screen Name

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-screen-name/594007>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 25, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-screen-name/594007 "2011-08-25T04:46:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-screen-name/594007/23 "2011-09-14T19:04:48Z")

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> [@CookingWithGas](#):
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> If you change your name, do all old posts get retroactively relabeled with the new name, or do they retain your old name?

Retroactive name change.

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**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-screen-name/594007/24 "2011-09-14T19:05:50Z")

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Curse you Marley! Beat me by seconds! I even refreshed the thread once to see if it’d been answered!

Thought I see I did beat **Czarcasm**. Hee Hee.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-screen-name/594007/25 "2011-09-15T03:57:01Z")

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So…is anyone else curious what will happen the first time \*\*Marley23 \*\*does a name change?  
-D/a

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