# How does one change their screen name? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 4, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482 "2024-06-04T17:25:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/1 "2024-06-04T17:25:28Z")
I would like to shorten my screen name to LH75 if possible Thank you ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/2 "2024-06-04T17:27:27Z")
I flagged the post to let the mods know your wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/3 "2024-06-04T17:31:17Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > I would like to shorten my screen name to LH75 if possible > > Thank you Only if you shorten your hair too. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/4 "2024-06-04T17:32:52Z")
It isn’t much shorter but it is a lot thinner. Will that do?? ;o) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/5 "2024-06-04T18:32:50Z")
Done, now I just have to figure out where I record this. First one I’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/6 "2024-06-04T18:42:53Z")
Thank you very much. I have had that screen name since the old AOL days. It was time for a change ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/7 "2024-06-04T20:20:34Z")
I know your face, but I can’t seem to remember what you used to call yourself. Am I going mad? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/8 "2024-06-04T20:25:51Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > I know your face, but I can’t seem to remember what you used to call yourself. No deadnaming, please! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/9 "2024-06-05T12:20:17Z")
If you look for the poster’s old posts, their old name should still show up in the thread when they are quoted. Verdad¿ ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/10 "2024-06-05T12:36:03Z")
Since July of 1999 I have been registered here as longhair75. I am mostly a lurker ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/11 "2024-06-05T20:00:21Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > Since July of 1999 I have been registered here as longhair75. You should have changed it to “LH75!!”. Then not only would it be shorter but now you have bangs. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/12 "2024-06-05T20:29:54Z")
Oh…get the works. Cut, color, wave and a wax. Spa day!! ETA - now I gotta wonder what LH stands for? Hmmm? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/13 "2024-06-05T20:50:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > now I gotta wonder what LH stands for? Hmmm? After a trim it could be “less hair”. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/14 "2024-06-06T15:49:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > If you look for the poster’s old posts, their old name should still show up in the thread when they are quoted. [That no longer seems to be the case.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-prostate-cancer/804035/290) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/15 "2024-06-06T15:50:36Z")
Huh. They fixed that glitch I guess. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/16 "2024-06-06T18:31:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > ETA - now I gotta wonder what LH stands for? Hmmm? 🤔 When I met my wife and stared dating her father never referred to me by name. He always called me “That longhaired Son of a Bitch my daughter is dating” We married in 1975. When I first signed up at AOL, I needed a screen name and I suddenly became longhair75 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/17 "2024-06-06T18:38:17Z")
And now i see it’s 14 years since you didn’t die ! Here’s to 14 more 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/18 "2024-06-06T20:13:34Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > He always called me “That longhaired Son of a Bitch my daughter is dating” We married in 1975. Did he ever come around and start referring to you by name? If not I image the wedding toast was rather awkward… ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/19 "2024-06-06T20:17:47Z")
He never warmed up to me. We were married 49 years ago so this was long before wedding toasts were a common thing. He was a very unpleasant man who dealt with his unhappiness by making everyone around him miserable. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482/20 "2024-06-06T20:35:10Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > “That longhaired Son of a Bitch my daughter is dating” I guess Meathead was already taken, so he went with the long form option 2. 🙃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-change-their-screen-name/1002482.md?page=2)