# Do you regret your username change? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004 "2011-08-25T04:18:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/21 "2011-08-26T14:59:54Z")
My username was a gift from the posters on this message board, and I love it. edited to add: my old name was **slythe**. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/22 "2011-08-26T15:10:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > My username was a gift from the posters on this message board, and I love it. > > edited to add: my old name was **slythe**. Cite?šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![ecoaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/23 "2011-08-26T15:16:11Z")
I picked my user name simple because I live on the east coast and wanted to identify with that (although I have no idea why). Then I realized my user name could also be parsed/understood as an e-coaster (electronic browser, peruser, etc. ) which is very fitting. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/24 "2011-08-26T15:22:44Z")
When I signed up, I just used a name Iā€™ve used on other boards in the past without giving it a whole lot of thought. In retrospect it would have been nice to have come up with something a little cleverer, but I canā€™t say I regret my choice. Iā€™ve been here almost 3 years and Iā€™m comfortable with it. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/25 "2011-08-26T16:02:39Z")
I picked my user name because my dogā€™s name was Bubba. Other than a few initial misreads by others that I was a southerner or a very large convict itā€™s been a pretty good name. I considered changing it to something clever and then decided I liked my name just fine. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/26 "2011-08-26T16:23:51Z")
> [@indian](#): > > Cite?šŸ˜‰ [Cite.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=54721) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/27 "2011-08-26T16:26:21Z")
I changed mine because my previous one made me more identifiable to a larger non-Dope group than I wanted it toā€“now that the board is searchable by the masse, I donā€™t really want non-Doper acquaintances googling my other name and coming upon my opinions on bathroom stalls with no doors and how much I loathe Justin Bieber. Iā€™m mostly happy with my new name since I donā€™t use it anywhere else and itā€™s a pretty accurate description of me. ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/28 "2011-08-26T17:29:31Z")
When I joined I used **_bec_** because I was tired of having to post under pseudonyms on other forums because of a stalking husband. I was happy to finally be my real name. Later I got over that phase and decided to change to the permanent handle I finally settled on, **Kalypso**. I might even incorporate Kalypso into my legal name when I get married this November. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/29 "2011-08-27T21:35:03Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > You are Aesiron??? :eek: Jeez. Iā€™m always the last to know. I like Hades, though; it reminds me of James Woods as Hades in _Hercules_. ā€œWha? Did my hair go out?ā€ šŸ˜ƒ I think this is only the second time Iā€™ve mentioned the change since changing it last year, so youā€™re probably one of the first, actually. And thanks! I like it too ā€“ he is my favorite god, and a central figure in my two favorite myths ā€“ but I donā€™t think it really fits. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/30 "2011-08-27T21:53:54Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > I think this is only the second time Iā€™ve mentioned the change since changing it last year, so youā€™re probably one of the first, actually. I figured it out on my own when I saw a post about you going from TN ā€“\> NM. I used to be Silver\_Fire but changed it to Silver Fire about, ohā€¦ about 10 years ago? Something like that. It took a while to adjust but Iā€™m okay with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/31 "2011-08-27T22:03:17Z")
Creeper. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/32 "2011-08-27T22:03:29Z")
Iā€™m glad I changed mine. Had I taken an extra second to think about it, Iā€™d have gone with **Antijen** with a J, but whatever, this is good enough. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/33 "2011-08-27T22:53:05Z")
I started out as **opus9** , changed to **Attrayant** and finally to **Patty**. Iā€™m thinking the next one will be a first name change to **Paddy** because people are always assuming Iā€™m a female. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/34 "2011-08-28T11:15:15Z")
Being an idiot, I used my real name. But itā€™s done me just fine over the yearsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/35 "2011-08-28T11:54:30Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Being an idiot, I used my real name. But itā€™s done me just fine over the yearsā€¦ Your nameā€™s 2844? Thatā€™s so cool. The only thing I regret about my username is that people make ā€œbirdcrapā€ jokes in reference to it sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/36 "2011-08-30T02:35:15Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Your nameā€™s 2844? Thatā€™s so cool. > > The only thing I regret about my username is that people make ā€œbirdcrapā€ jokes in reference to it sometimes. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/37 "2011-08-31T12:28:39Z")
Iā€™ve thought about it, mostly because it seems so lame compared to everyone elseā€™s. But I also know it takes me a while to get used to people using a new name. Plus, I donā€™t really have a better one in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004/38 "2011-08-31T13:18:59Z")
I was previously (99-03) Mjollnir. Then, after crashing a few Dopefests where the name didnā€™t ring ANY bells with ANYONE, I changed it. Thought maybe it would be a little more memorable. And I havenā€™t been able to crash any Dopefests since the change. (Weā€™re not a very sociable group in this area.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004.md?page=1)