senseandsensibility
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:24 PM
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Okay, just my opinion, and I realize no one cares, but.... |
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why are so many longtime DUers changing their names? You've earned a reputaion here (some of you even a good one) and people look forward to your posts. Why change if you've been here since 2001? I don't get it.
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JimGinPA
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:25 PM
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1. I Think A Lot Of Them Just Got Married |
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:33 PM
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:26 PM
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2. I am sure it is just to confuse the freepers |
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:37 PM
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:53 PM
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17. On another site I frequented, the mods kept a name change thread going for such changes. |
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More for themselves than the other members, though it was still publicly viewable by all.
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:26 PM
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3. I kind of agree. Even the "antibush" type of names have a nostalgic |
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feel. But some folks want to rid themselves of all references to the mini bush weed previously known as the shrub.
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senseandsensibility
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:27 PM
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4. Okay, but HypnoToad? And Husband2Sparkly? |
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And I forget all the others.
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:28 PM
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5. Stinky was over the Husb thing after 6 months, he (and I) have been waiting a long |
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time for this amnesty
I think DejaQ just was ready for a change LOL
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:29 PM
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6. I think it is kinda silly, unless your name is specifically about the past election |
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Own your identity.
This is kinda like being "born again".... which is a term I always loathed.
If you did it right the first time, you don't need to be "born again".
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:32 PM
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need something short and familiar - thus my real name.
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Joe the Liberal
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:32 PM
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7. Because it's time for Change.............. |
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With Obama in office it's time for change.
also some people had user names like "Kerry04" or something old and outdated like that so it was time to change it.
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:40 PM
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11. I agree. Familiar 'faces' suddenly gone from DU. |
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The red sig line is just not all that helpful . . .
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:50 PM
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13. I think I have a suggestion for the solution. |
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Maybe they could program DU so that the ones who want to change their names see the changed name on all their posts and the rest of us see their old names. Problem solved. :evilgrin:
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:53 PM
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15. they could just put the info in user profiles |
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reflecting a list of old and new names. Really, I don't think name changes should be because someone has a rotten reputation and wants to hide that history. I can't think of any acceptable reasons why old usernames shouldn't fully disclosed and easily referenced. If you care about hiding, start a new account.
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:49 PM
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12. I will change because my name is nonsense now |
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I'd imagine that others have the same reason.
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:54 PM
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19. I Might Take "Stuckinthebush"... |
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:51 PM
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14. I don't know who is who any more. |
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There is one person I won't name who so far has not changed their name, thankfully. For that much, I am happy. As for the rest, I'm still trying to get used to it. It's almost as if everyone is wearing bags over their figurative heads now, I have to guess from other cues as to who they are.
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:53 PM
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16. Well, there is that red sig line at the bottom of their post |
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that tells you who they used to be, but that will probably be discontinued soon. I understand the dated sounding names, especially relating to *, but most of the ones I've noticed aren't like that.
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:54 PM
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18. "Ribofunk" Was a Riff off "Cyberpunk" |
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Edited on Thu Jan-22-09 09:56 PM by On the Road
which tells you it's about 20 years old. Used it for years, but it was getting old when I signed up for DU. Never expected to have 16,000 posts. I'm also 20 years older than when I latched onto it, and it just doesn't seem age appropriate any more.
Of course, the new handle is a Kerouac reference, but it's not as much in your face.
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Thu Jan-22-09 09:56 PM
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20. You've been here a long time with ribofunk, |
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and I'm sure people look for your posts. Don't you worry that they won't know you anymore?
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Fri Jan-23-09 08:22 AM
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I'll keep the pics for awhile for identification. And if people don't know me, that's not the end of the world.
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Thu Jan-22-09 10:01 PM
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but lets say that sometimes people like me have good personal reasons to change our name. I did not do this on a whim. Needed to do this for awhile....
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Thu Jan-22-09 10:02 PM
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22. Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) |
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Into Oblivion with you!!!
I'm sticking with my name...
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Thu Jan-22-09 11:26 PM
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23. I am keeping mine but understand some people feel their's is outdated |
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With Bush being gone or life is different in some way for them.
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Thu Jan-22-09 11:43 PM
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24. Some names just don't have the same meaning now that Bush has |
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Thu Jan-22-09 11:45 PM
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25. I have considered changing mine to Zombie Sakana, because I think that name is a little funnier. |
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