# Changing my Screen Name...should I do it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625 "2002-11-30T12:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/41 "2002-12-02T10:56:19Z")
Wow **Piper** , I had forgotten all about that thread. Thanks for not irritating me! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/42 "2002-12-02T22:34:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Northern Piper \* > \*\*Youā€™ve obviously got some brand identity going here. (Female dopers linking your name to sexual satisfaction - real-life marketing mavens kill for that type of brand association!) But I never knew how to pronounce it and find the all-caps off-putting. > \*\* Yeah, thatā€™s why Iā€™m keeping it. You just canā€™t buy that kind of mojo. Iā€™ll keep the caps, though. I dunno why, but I kinda like them. Sorry if you find them off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![FriendBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FriendBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendBill)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/43 "2002-12-03T03:55:08Z")
Always wondered where the 0071 came fromā€¦ LOVE the idea of 007.1!! šŸ˜ƒ No, Dave, donā€™t changeā€¦Iā€™m having enough trouble remembering who is who as I am just getting started! If you go and change, itā€™ll be like just about figuring out everyoneā€™s name at a party and then they all go and change to a totally different outfit! FriendBill (who is BillTchr in other places, and sometimes tries to search here and see what BillTchr has been postingā€¦the memory is the second thing to goā€¦what is the first?..I canā€™t rememberā€¦) ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/44 "2002-12-03T15:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by superbee \* > \*\*You could change it to ā€œSuperDaveā€ā€¦then Iā€™d have another opponent in the ā€œBattle of the Usernamesā€ \*\* Hmmm. . . [Super Dave.](http://www.extravalue.com/video/superdave/about/) I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/45 "2002-12-03T16:03:34Z")
YESDAVE0042 I hate all-caps names. Well, dislike strongly, kind of like people from San Francisco hate the word ā€œFrisco.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/46 "2002-12-03T22:24:51Z")
NOOOO! Donā€™t do it! ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/47 "2002-12-03T23:09:01Z")
> [@](#): > > I dunno, I think of you as ā€œDaveWoo.ā€ Besides, itā€™s very hip to have a number in your screen name (ahem). Yeah, right. Most of the time numbers are things you add on to an SN several others have already come up with. Those, and when you use a capital X and a lowercase X in groups of a half dozen or more. _Hijack from the bitching hijack_ How exactly does one go about Username changing? ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/48 "2002-12-04T01:42:32Z")
If you decide to change it I vote for ThatDaveGuy or possibly SnippedDave or maybe Czarcasm will let you have Slythe. Iā€™mEasyLikeSundayMorning would work too. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/49 "2002-12-04T06:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > \*\*Wow **Piper** , I had forgotten all about that thread. Thanks for not irritating me! šŸ™‚ \*\* We aim to please. I posted that as my sig for a couple of months after the big change-over. ---
**Author:** ![Ultimate\_Pung\_Chow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Ultimate\_Pung\_Chow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultimate_Pung_Chow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/50 "2002-12-04T10:41:49Z")
Change it to ā€œDave the fat fagā€ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/51 "2002-12-04T11:16:48Z")
Time for your medication **Ultimate Pung Chow**. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/52 "2002-12-07T19:15:16Z")
People seem to like the woo-thing, but it needs to be indicated that its not a surname, and you should definately change from upper case (imho). How about **Dave, Woo!** or something? ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/53 "2002-12-07T22:29:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ultimate Pung Chow \* > \*\*Change it to ā€œDave the fat fagā€ \*\* HEY! Who you callinā€™ fat? My wife of 20 years, and the mother of my two children wants to know. šŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625.md?page=2)