# What happened to my username? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 17, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862 "2020-06-17T18:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 17, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/1 "2020-06-17T18:34:17Z")
This is **running coach.** ---
**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 17, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/2 "2020-06-17T18:46:35Z")
Like. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/3 "2020-06-17T18:57:53Z")
Maybe it’s your unconscious mind telling you to stop running so much. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/4 "2020-06-17T19:00:19Z")
> [@stop me](#): > > This is **running coach.** If you mean on the new site, you can’t have a space in your user name. You have to use \_. So your new user name would be running\_coach. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/5 "2020-06-17T19:01:43Z")
The Pun Police finally nailed him. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/6 "2020-06-17T19:05:11Z")
> [@stop me](#): > > This is **running coach.** There is no [del]Dana[/del] **running coach** —only [del]Zuul[/del] **stop me**. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/7 "2020-06-17T19:17:08Z")
I can’t look you up right now because the admin side is showing a maintenance message. So it has begun, I would think. You are running\_coach on the new site. Let me bring this to the attention of the development team. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**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 17, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/8 "2020-06-17T19:28:50Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I can’t look you up right now because the admin side is showing a maintenance message. So it has begun, I would think. > > You are running\_coach on the new site. > > Let me bring this to the attention of the development team. > > Jenny > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator It’s back. Maybe someone was running a test behind the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/9 "2020-06-17T19:33:02Z")
Yeah, they’re getting ready for the migration but that shouldn’t have changed your name. Which now displays normally. I’ve asked the development team to look into this. Jenny ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/10 "2020-06-17T19:33:03Z")
Yeah, they’re getting ready for the migration but that shouldn’t have changed your name. Which now displays normally. I’ve asked the development team to look into this. Jenny ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/11 "2020-06-17T19:33:08Z")
Yeah, they’re getting ready for the migration but that shouldn’t have changed your name. Which now displays normally but on the main page it still says “stop me.” Weird… I’ve asked the development team to look into this. Jenny ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/12 "2020-06-17T19:33:12Z")
Yeah, they’re getting ready for the migration but that shouldn’t have changed your name. Which now displays normally but on the main page it still says “stop me.” Weird… I’ve asked the development team to look into this. Jenny ---
**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 17, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/13 "2020-06-17T19:37:42Z")
Holy crap. This is scary. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/14 "2020-06-17T19:38:03Z")
You should be okay now. Sorry about that. Jenny ---
**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 17, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/15 "2020-06-17T19:55:58Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/16 "2020-06-17T20:15:19Z")
I think the cyborg conversion has made it to Tuba, and she’s glitching. I can’t be the only one who expected her to reply “I’m sorry, running coach, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Daisy…Daisy…g…i…v…e…m…e… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/17 "2020-06-17T20:36:22Z")
What did it look like? Screen shot anyone? ---
**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 17, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/18 "2020-06-17T20:40:36Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > What did it look like? Screen shot anyone? It was **stop me.** The weird thing is I auto-logged in and didn’t even notice the change at first. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/19 "2020-06-17T21:09:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It was **stop me.** > The weird thing is I auto-logged in and didn’t even notice the change at first. I read the OP like 6 times. Thinking 😕 The first dozen posts didn’t’ help clear it up at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862/20 "2020-06-17T21:20:54Z")
Wait a minute! How do we know this is the real “running coach” and not an imposter? :dubious: So, if you’re really “running coach”, how many fingers am I holding up? 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862.md?page=2)