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65. Who are you again?

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Sat Feb 27, 2021, 10:27 PM

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I don't know if anyone else feels this way [View all] senseandsensibility Feb 2021 OP

I ABSOLUTELY feel the same. hlthe2b Feb 2021 #1

Absolutely. It's obviously their decision, senseandsensibility Feb 2021 #2

If they have journal entries prior to the name change, their old name is displayed. Make7 Feb 2021 #3

Good to know... hlthe2b Feb 2021 #5

I would think it would depend on the nature of the change. soldierant Feb 2021 #41

I have never changed mine in 16 years. Laelth Feb 2021 #4

+1 and... JoeOtterbein Feb 2021 #40

Yes, thank you. Laelth Feb 2021 #50

it's a once every 4 or more years one time thing IbogaProject Feb 2021 #6

Yeah, keeping it in the profile area is a good idea. senseandsensibility Feb 2021 #8

Welcome to DU MustLoveBeagles Feb 2021 #20

Keeping their old user names in the profile ChazII Feb 2021 #56

Change is hard. cachukis Feb 2021 #7

and often, change is good! NewHendoLib Feb 2021 #19

Better for those ready. cachukis Feb 2021 #38

I asked the admins if it would be possible to create a post... lastlib Feb 2021 #9

Rabble-rousers will still rouse rabble Generic Brad Feb 2021 #10

I understand both sets of feelings. madaboutharry Feb 2021 #11

There you go making sense senseandsensibility Feb 2021 #15

Same here. MuseRider Feb 2021 #12

Just so you know Muse... momta Feb 2021 #26

So good to know MuseRider Feb 2021 #36

Some of them made sense, but I no longer recognize some names...and a few are pretty odd! Karadeniz Feb 2021 #13

I think bdamomma Feb 2021 #14

I feel that way to some extent. Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #16

I've got mine in my sig line, so it will be there after the 30 days ends NewHendoLib Feb 2021 #17

my former name was "Vetwife" Demonaut Feb 2021 #18

There is a "Vetwife" soldierant Feb 2021 #42

no, it was a poster her many years ago that got tomb stoned, she went off the deep end Demonaut Feb 2021 #43

OK, thanks. soldierant Feb 2021 #61

K and R Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #21

One DUer made a post announcing his name change. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #22

I'm keeping mine. smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #23

Your moniker is epic...in my opinion. cayugafalls Feb 2021 #25

classic! SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2021 #33

Heh heh! smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #46

I'm currently converting it to an avatar...it just might replace my Biden Harris one. cayugafalls Feb 2021 #47

Eh....avatar came out kind of meh... cayugafalls Feb 2021 #48

i changed my username in 2016 after the infamous hack. AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #24

didn't bother me until.......Demotex Skittles Feb 2021 #27

I certainly take your point, and agree to a point....but I'm ambivalent. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #28

I'd feel bad about changing mine. Gore1FL Feb 2021 #29

and it is factual on balance from what I have read Celerity Feb 2021 #34

It's a bit of a bummer to me too but then I get the old brain working to learn the new names. Solly Mack Feb 2021 #30

Agreed. I find myself saying it is best to accept the changes thrown our way rather than getting c-rational Feb 2021 #31

I understand the feeling of missing old faces, so to speak. But then the new is fun because Solly Mack Feb 2021 #44

Your comment simply brought a smile to my face..."You learn something new about the old faces c-rational Feb 2021 #57

i don't like it either orleans Feb 2021 #32

Well, Sense and Sensibility is timeless. My old user name was PatrickforO, which PatrickforB Feb 2021 #35

Yes, same here. Duppers Feb 2021 #37

I was thinking about changing my name to... JoeOtterbein Feb 2021 #39

I was thinking of changing mine dflprincess Feb 2021 #45

I'd like to pose a question... flotsam Feb 2021 #49

I like "flotsam," if it helps LearnedHand Feb 2021 #62

I don't see the point of changing names. Needless confusion. (nt) Paladin Feb 2021 #51

Some user names can become less impactful over time, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #52

Exactly. Or sometimes over time they are no longer reflective Hortensis Feb 2021 #54

Thanks. senseandsensibility Feb 2021 #58

To me it's like when you go back to your supermarket one day and find that panader0 Feb 2021 #53

Hey, did you follow me and the hubby to the market senseandsensibility Feb 2021 #59

I don't want to be one of those old men wandering the parking lot, panader0 Feb 2021 #60

Maybe choose to see it as DU's rejection of totalitarian power. :) Hortensis Feb 2021 #55

If I changed my name, I suspect you'd figure out how who I was.. brooklynite Feb 2021 #63

I can't change my name...I am, who I am, who I am.... Stuart G Feb 2021 #64

Who are you again? nolabear Feb 2021 #65