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#ICanHitADraw
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2008
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- Kansas City, Kansas
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- In Flux
We haven't had a lot of members change their usernames, but every time it happens I wonder what brought it about? When I was thinking about moving out to California a while back, someone asked if I was going to change my name. Honestly, it had never entered my mind, and I told them no, I was going to keep this name no matter where I lived.
Some changes are subtle, so much so that most people don't even realize it. GolferGal comes to mind. Then other changes are borne out of necessity (OEM Kevin)!
Avatars are a different animal altogether, I know I have changed mine countless times! But usernames are an identity, and a change can throw forum members for a loop! I like to see people who make a drastic name change also change their tagline for a while to "Formerly known as . . ." or similar so we can get used to it!
So for everyone who has had a different username at THP than the one they are using now: What was it before and why the change?
Some changes are subtle, so much so that most people don't even realize it. GolferGal comes to mind. Then other changes are borne out of necessity (OEM Kevin)!
Avatars are a different animal altogether, I know I have changed mine countless times! But usernames are an identity, and a change can throw forum members for a loop! I like to see people who make a drastic name change also change their tagline for a while to "Formerly known as . . ." or similar so we can get used to it!
So for everyone who has had a different username at THP than the one they are using now: What was it before and why the change?