# Will Names be Held (when pay per post comes)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-names-be-held-when-pay-per-post-comes/93075>\
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**Created:** [November 13, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-names-be-held-when-pay-per-post-comes/93075 "2001-11-13T05:11:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-names-be-held-when-pay-per-post-comes/93075/1 "2001-11-13T05:11:37Z")

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Will the names people use be held in reserve once SDMB starts charging?

In other words say I don’t sign up. Will someone else be able to use Markxxx. If so won’t that make it confusing as anyone could assume another posters idenity.

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**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:** [November 13, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-names-be-held-when-pay-per-post-comes/93075/2 "2001-11-13T05:27:15Z")

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We don’t recycle screen names. The only user that should have use of your name is you.

And we’re not “pay per post.” “PFP” is “Pay For Play.”

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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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:** [November 13, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-names-be-held-when-pay-per-post-comes/93075/3 "2001-11-13T14:06:38Z")

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Or PTP for Pay To Post.