Should have a stickied thread on ALL the forums: "Member Name Changes"

[RyanM]

FROM THIS DAY FORTH, I SHALL BE KNOWN AS:

ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsMach5

Or not.

 

[bigrash]

bigrash9 > bigrash

 

[ThaGrandCow]

My name was ThaGrandCow
(with an A in Tha, I have yet to see the person who gets the spelling right in almost 3 years)

I changed it to ThaGrandCow recently.
I hope you all get the spelling right now.

And I hope you all get my sarcasm.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Seriously!

I'm tired of seeing a reply by "XYZ" and this member has 9,343 posts, joined in "Oct 1999" and I've never seen their nick before. I think it's bulllzshit.

Anoniminity is one thing...but this is another. I propose the following:

If an Anandtech Member has had a nick for more than one year, than it's obligatory that a name change warrant an entry in the above proposed stickied thread.

Anyone with me?

It does not bother me if someone changes their name. Hey this is cyberspace you guys are not real anyway.

 

[BmXStuD]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Seriously!

I'm tired of seeing a reply by "XYZ" and this member has 9,343 posts, joined in "Oct 1999" and I've never seen their nick before. I think it's bulllzshit.

Anoniminity is one thing...but this is another. I propose the following:

If an Anandtech Member has had a nick for more than one year, than it's obligatory that a name change warrant an entry in the above proposed stickied thread.

Anyone with me?

umm no its our/there buniess.

 

[Chaotic42]

What about just not letting them change it?

I don't understand changing your name. I use chaotic42 for almost everything online.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
What about just not letting them change it?

I don't understand changing your name. I use chaotic42 for almost everything online.

I also use ndee for about everything online, when it's not taken of course

 

[MichaelD]

Hmm, some interesting responses...kind of 50/50 split on whether it's a good idea or not...I still say it's a good idea...maybe do a cross reference data-base? Maybe The Unemployed For The Summer Mod can do something like this, hmm?

 

[911paramedic]

Are you thinking of changing yours from MichaelD to NoisyNeighbor?

 

[Johnnie]

i was haygood2 many moons ago

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Are you thinking of changing yours from MichaelD to NoisyNeighbor?

 

[goodoptics]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Are you thinking of changing yours from MichaelD to NoisyNeighbor?

haha

Originally posted by: Howard
Let's list all the name changes!

notfred > Tyler > notfred
TheEvil1 > Anusbis
Hot Chic > Hatari Chic > Hot Chic
Zakath15 > Orsorum
Girlfriday > Yeeny
Yucky > Howard
baffled2 > Geekbabe

Any others?

Yield > ?
RagingBITCH > ????

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Are you thinking of changing yours from MichaelD to NoisyNeighbor?

Heh, that's pretty good. Not entirely true, though. A "noisy neighbor" is someone that makes lots of noise at any time during the day and night.

I'm more of a NeighborWithinHisRightsToBeNoisyPartTime.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Howard
Let's list all the name changes!

TheEvil1 > Anusbis
Zakath15 > Orsorum

Didn't know these. RagingBITCH is now Angrymarshmallow. Dunno about Yield.

 

[zCypher]

Most of the new names suck, I liked the old ones better. Yield, RagingBITCH, Zakath15, GirlFriday, Yucky, baffled2.. i dunno, maybe it's just me, but the original names were just better.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Originally posted by: goodoptics

Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Are you thinking of changing yours from MichaelD to NoisyNeighbor?

haha

Originally posted by: Howard
Let's list all the name changes!

notfred > Tyler > notfred
TheEvil1 > Anusbis
Hot Chic > Hatari Chic > Hot Chic
Zakath15 > Orsorum
Girlfriday > Yeeny
Yucky > Howard
baffled2 > Geekbabe

Any others?

Yield > ?
RagingBITCH > ????

It's in the frickin' sig. Jesus....I try to make it easy for you people....

 

[Salvador]

I don't think a member should be able to change his/her username. It's the only thing that we have to go on and we learn to trust a certain members credibility after a while.

Sal

 

[thawolfman]

Yield -> CraigRT?

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
Yield -> CraigRT?

Yep

 

[BeauJangles]

I think it would be better to force the people who have changed their names to put:
Former known as: and then their old name.

 

[Moonbeam]

Would not a rose by any other name smell just as sweet. Even when I post under the name HJD1 people still know it's me.

Edit: TheGrandCow, when are you going to learn how to spell your name?

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: zCypher
Most of the new names suck, I liked the old ones better. Yield, RagingBITCH, Zakath15, GirlFriday, Yucky, baffled2.. i dunno, maybe it's just me, but the original names were just better.

Zakath15 is back?

thought he quit. he posted some long thread as to why he's quitting

btw- michaelD- you should have done a poll

 

[MichaelD]

I think that those who post in their sig "formerly known as" are being straight-forward and honest.

I don't feel that changing your sig in order to hide from your past is cool at all.

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: dighn
stickies = teh suck

yeah check out the motherboard forum

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: Howard
Let's list all the name changes!

notfred > Tyler > notfred
TheEvil1 > Anusbis
Hot Chic > Hatari Chic > Hot Chic
Zakath15 > Orsorum
Girlfriday > Yeeny
Yucky > Howard
baffled2 > Geekbabe

Any others?

me