# How do I change my user name? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 6, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512 "2013-02-06T19:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/1 "2013-02-06T19:44:44Z")
I want to change my user name to Escape Goat (is that taken?). How do I make that change? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/2 "2013-02-06T19:50:06Z")
PM or email **TubaDiva** and ask her nicely. I’ve heard through the grapevine that bribes of chocolate help. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/3 "2013-02-06T20:44:01Z")
Also they don’t want posters changing their names every other week so think before you choose a new one as you might be stuck with it for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/4 "2013-02-06T20:58:28Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > I want to change my user name to Escape Goat (is that taken?). Not yet. FWIW, I like **Evil Economist** better. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/5 "2013-02-07T06:00:06Z")
You can ask any admin. Please send an email to confirm the request. I can confirm **Escape Goat** is available, but I agree **Evil Economist** is better even if it’s redundant. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/6 "2013-02-07T06:30:24Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Not yet. > > FWIW, I like **Evil Economist** better. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/7 "2013-02-07T07:33:42Z")
**Evil Goat** on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/8 "2013-02-08T17:52:02Z")
The rule is you only get one change, so pick wisely. Otherwise you might end up like me. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/9 "2013-02-08T18:04:43Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > **Evil Goat** on the other hand… …or **Goat Economist**. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/10 "2013-02-08T18:12:49Z")
Economical Goat Evil! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/11 "2013-02-08T18:14:21Z")
Or **Esquivel Goatonomist**. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/12 "2013-02-08T18:15:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The rule is you only get one change, so pick wisely. Otherwise you might end up like me. Why? What happened to you? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/13 "2013-02-08T18:16:47Z")
He used to be **Actually Fairly Bright**. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/14 "2013-02-08T18:19:44Z")
**TubaDiva** lobotomized me for asking for a third name change. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/15 "2013-02-08T18:34:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **TubaDiva** lobotomized me for asking for a third name change. Actually, **TubaDiva** only _told_ him he was lobotomized. He believed her and automatically dropped 20 IQ points. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/16 "2013-02-08T19:47:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Actually, **TubaDiva** only _told_ him he was lobotomized. He believed her and automatically dropped 20 IQ points. OTOH, how bright could you have been to begin with if that worked? That seems right up there with “got your nosey, got your nosey”. And that stopped working on my kids before their 18th birthdays. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/17 "2013-02-08T20:49:25Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > **Evil Goat** on the other hand… …likely would end up being used for Mod initiations. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/18 "2013-02-08T20:58:48Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > OTOH, how bright could you have been to begin with if that worked? That seems right up there with “got your nosey, got your nosey”. And that stopped working on my kids before their 18th birthdays. 😉 Anyone could have fallen for it! :mad: Her thumb is shaped _exactly_ like a frontal lobe. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512/19 "2013-02-11T18:23:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Not yet. > > FWIW, I like **Evil Economist** better. > [@Marley23](#): > > You can ask any admin. Please send an email to confirm the request. I can confirm **Escape Goat** is available, but I agree **Evil Economist** is better even if it’s redundant. 😉 > [@Ambivalid](#): > > +1 OK, maybe I’ll rethink this… > [@White SIFL](#): > > **Evil Goat** on the other hand… > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > …or **Goat Economist**. Hmmm…some good ideas here…I’ll \*really \*have to consider this.