# is there any way you can change your user name?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700>\
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**Created:** [March 17, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700 "2002-03-17T04:16:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700/1 "2002-03-17T04:16:28Z")

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just wondering- how, if possible, can you change your user name? i dont like mine anymore.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700/2 "2002-03-17T04:24:55Z")

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Ask one of our lovely moderators.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700/3 "2002-03-17T04:33:03Z")

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Specifically, you can e-mail a mod, like [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) but take a number and get in line, as the admins and mods have been pretty busy lately, what with moving into the new software and all.

What’s wrong with Blink 178? 😕

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700/4 "2002-03-17T04:36:37Z")

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It takes an administrator to change an user name.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700/5 "2002-03-17T04:39:09Z")

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Okay, so, Tuba’s an administrator. 😃

(sorry, Tuba, dint mean to misnomer you.)

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**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700/6 "2002-03-17T05:19:29Z")

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i just dont like blink178, i just put it because its the same as my email and i did it in a hurry

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700/7 "2002-03-17T09:09:02Z")

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Sin in haste and repent in lesiure?

he he he :rolleyes: