Thank you for the option to change my user name! But....

[Goodheart]

I have the best one around so I'll pass!

Anyway, if you'd like me to pass judgment upon your own, just reply to this post.

Where's that evil grin emoticon?

[Harker]

1. If you knew me better...

[Goodheart]

5. Somebody who loudly, proudly, and publicly proclaims great tidings

I love it! ("hark" actually means listen, but somebody who beseeches somebody to hark is a Harker to me!)

[Harker]

19. Now you listen here, you!

A pastiche on the subject of wet-piled pu'er tea in the style of Jonathan Harker's journal earned me the name I now hold.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. We should be able to change other Duers' names. Make it more interesting.

[nolabear]

6. BWAH! Do it like Heart Week. "For a $25 donation..."

[grantcart]

21. Lol

[Harker]

20. There are a few who have an invisible adjective tacked on

by me.

[Blue Dawn]

3. You do have a wonderful name!

I just changed mine from”BlueDawn” to “Blue Dawn.”

It had no space when I first joined DU because I made a mistake when typing it! So, this works well for me today!

Thanks for the opportunity to change it, Earl and others!

[Goodheart]

7. Love it :)

[Blue Dawn]

9. I just want to say that....

....seeing your name makes me feel good!

[Doreen]

23. This confuses me. I thought it was supposed to tell us what you changed to.

For those saying they changed I have not seen anything saying their last user name.

[In_The_Wind]

4. I'll keep my name.

Lots of personal history went into my choice.

[True Dough]

10. Your name is great

Just if you're ever peeing, make sure that wind is at your back and not blowing in your face!

[Goodheart]

12. It's Dylanesque. Love it!

[In_The_Wind]

14. Thanks. I left DU for a short time. Traveled for work.

... plus ... I once owned a small sailboat.

[True Dough]

8. Is there going to be some sort of temporary notification when DUers change their names?

Let's say you suddenly notice "Hamberder" with 28,932 posts and you know you've never seen that name before. So then you're wondering "Who the heck was that previously?" There should be a grace period of a few weeks so we can get accustomed to the new identities.

[Blue Dawn]

13. Good point!

I would be wondering, too.

Suggestion: Is there a way for a period of time to place the previous name in parentheses along with the new name?

Example: Hamberder (previously Covfefe)

Does that make sense?

[True Dough]

15. I just saw someone who changed their name

and at the bottom of their post it reads "formerly known as" or something, so we'll have a chance to adjust. Admins thought of that, fortunately!

[Blue Dawn]

18. That is a great idea!

Each of us with a name change could take time to do that.

[calguy]

11. I've been using this screen name since I started using the internet in 1998

I see no need to change it now. Even though I've moved from CA to AR, arguy just doesn't sound right.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

17. I don't know, sounds kind of pirate-y.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

16. Well, it's not as good as being roasted by Wendy's

but I'll take what I can get

[Goodheart]

22. No comment!