# Who's changed their username? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585 "2002-06-23T18:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/1 "2002-06-23T18:28:56Z")
I just changed mine-- from **stv** to **Happy Lendervedder** , and I was wondering who else has had second thoughts about the username they signed up with, and ultimately asked Tuba to change it? stv–I mean… Happy ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/2 "2002-06-23T22:52:17Z")
I used to be Ballybay. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/3 "2002-06-23T23:44:40Z")
Originally, I was **Elvis** , but it was too hard to search for my posts. Then I changed it to **Moebius** , after watching the anime series “Silent Mobius.” It just didn’t feel right, though. So I just got it changed to **Siddhartha Vicious** (thanks heaps, Tuba). ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/4 "2002-06-24T00:35:30Z")
I changed my name from Silver\_Fire to Silver Fire. I don’t think that counts though… ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/5 "2002-06-24T00:41:35Z")
I was originally **Shy Ghost** , and after the first Portland Dopefest I decided to change it to something that didn’t have an anti-social ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/6 "2002-06-24T01:38:12Z")
I was once M.K. but it just didn’t have any personality to it-- I think since this was my first BB I had a need for anonymity-- new poster paranoia, you know. For a while I wanted to be very innocuous and not even hint at gender. Sort of silly. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/7 "2002-06-24T01:52:10Z")
I used to be trumpy303. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/8 "2002-06-24T01:54:06Z")
**Redukter** , until I figured my username sounded really dorky, so I changed it to something a bit more pleasant to the (my) ear. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/9 "2002-06-24T02:02:09Z")
Mine’s always been **lobley** (my real last name) boring eh. My recent passion for Terry Pratchet books may inspire me to change it. emphasis on ‘may’. I am quite lazy and very unimaginative. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/10 "2002-06-24T02:04:54Z")
Recent events have made me think about changing it. So as to hide my identity from all those who now hate the name **lobley** and associate it with anti-americanism. for what it’s worth - I am not anti-american. just very stupid sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/11 "2002-06-24T02:37:59Z")
Did Czarcasm used to be slythe? ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/12 "2002-06-24T02:40:20Z")
My name got changed for me ☹ However, upon seeing **youreitherbiographyoryournot** post replies to a few threads, I’ve realized the obnoxiousness of long usernames. Perhaps I should lobby for something shorter. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/13 "2002-06-24T02:45:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by the grim spectre of red death \* > \*\*My name got changed for me ☹ However, upon seeing **youreitherbiographyoryournot** post replies to a few threads, I’ve realized the obnoxiousness of long usernames. Perhaps I should lobby for something shorter. \*\* Yeah, He stuck his in my ear. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/14 "2002-06-24T06:57:59Z")
I used to be **Mudshark2911** , but I don’t think that really counts as a name change. Anyway, thanks to Tuba, I’m now just **Mudshark**. Not really a change, just a modification. ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/15 "2002-06-24T10:01:24Z")
I used to be **Devilman Palmer**. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/16 "2002-06-24T10:41:38Z")
I used to go by my real name but I changed it quite a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/17 "2002-06-24T13:31:08Z")
**grim spectre** - I like your name - all the words in it are quite short, it doesn’t come across as loud or obnoxious. Incidentally - what was it before it was changed, and why was it changed? ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/18 "2002-06-24T13:49:41Z")
I used to be **MaxOverride**. (Thinking about going back to that actually.) ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/19 "2002-06-24T15:52:41Z")
Hey wait a mintiue… You can change it? The only thing I’d change would be the capital in my name, from **efrem** to **Efrem** ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/20 "2002-06-24T15:58:48Z")
I used to use “Crystalguy.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585.md?page=2)