Some Discussionist Rat-Bastid stole my user name...!

[denbot]

What's a sockpuppet to do?

If you see a denbot over there, sick Skittles on it! Otherwise feel free to say hi to ratbot!

[Callmecrazy]

1. Maybe somebody has a crush on you...

And wanted your attention.

[denbot]

2. Not even in an alternate universe..

Reading in another thread all DU names are locked to keep them from being stolen. Thanks for the thought though Cmc.

[Callmecrazy]

3. The way I read it, You can't use your own username on that other site...

without permission from Elad, but anyone can go and steal someone else's.
William Pitt got his stolen as well.

Little glitch in the system, maybe.

[Jamaal510]

4. Same thing

has been happening with MediaMatters. I'm just shocked it never happened to me yet, but then again--I'm not one of the cool folks!

[angstlessk]

5. Could they use name with a tiddle or something and make the font white?

using copy paste from word?

[Ptah]

6. It's not being used by anyone:

How do I join?

Just go to discussionist.com and create an account.

We encourage you to sign up with a different username from the one you use here at DU. The message board culture is going to be different over there, and it might be more fun with a different name. Don't expect to find Skinner, EarlG, or Elad posting over on Discusionist; we've changed our names too. (If you simply must use the same username, you can request it here on DU by sending a DU Mail message to Elad with the title "Discussionist username" so he can release your name to you. We have set aside all usernames from DU so trolls can't grab them on Discussionist, but we have not copied over your email or password for privacy reasons.)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1013&pid=3832