# post count **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 21, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999 "2000-09-21T14:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/1 "2000-09-21T14:09:55Z")
You know I had 163 posts as vanillanice and more than 1,000 as orangecakes. Isn’t there ANY way you could sortof Add them to me now,as I am the same person! Please? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/2 "2000-09-21T16:39:57Z")
Why? Is it important? I mean, we all know who you are, and have been. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/3 "2000-09-21T19:00:06Z")
No, not really. We could change the orangecakes name to vanilla, and deactivate vanilla, but we can’t ADD all the post counts from various user names together. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/4 "2000-09-21T20:46:31Z")
vanilla, you forgot the username peaches8! And there’s probably others I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/5 "2000-09-21T22:09:23Z")
Okay, what if I became orangecakes again? Could I have my old post count still with me? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/6 "2000-09-21T23:31:50Z")
You would change names ONCE MORE just to get a higher post count? Again, why? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/7 "2000-09-21T23:41:09Z")
Actually, I was wondering the opposite. Is it possible for me to keep my user name but reset my post count to zero? Not that I necessarily want to, mind, but I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/8 "2000-09-22T14:11:32Z")
As long as you guys know I really have over 2,000 posts, just udner difffering user names. That would be Under not udner. No, people would get miffed if I changed again. No way. Vanilla I stay. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/9 "2000-09-22T15:22:35Z")
vanilla, how about this idea? Create a signature with all your past usernames and post counts. e.g. vanillanice - 13 posts + orangecakes 1000 posts + peaches8 xxx posts (etc) = yyyy posts. Please add this number to my post count to see my true post count. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/10 "2000-09-22T18:34:33Z")
**vanilla** How does one change one’s username, again? Is it just an email to a moderator? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/11 "2000-09-23T02:14:22Z")
E-mail to an administrator, not just a moderator. Just don’t do it too often. And RM, you actually got Answered under that name! Why would you want to switch? ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999/12 "2000-09-23T03:12:20Z")
Well, it’s my real name. I’m feeling a bit …weird.