Thelsim@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHow attached are you to your username?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareHow attached are you to your username?Thelsim@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
Do you have a single username you feel attached to? Or do you like to use different names for different occasions?
minus-square@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago@thelsim Some people call me by my username (“reiver”) when they meet me in person. To me, it is as much my name as my given-names are. … When I consider signing up for a new platform — if my preferred username isn’t available, I often won’t join. … Which never used to be a problem — as it is an obscure English word using its archaic spelling — But, there are a lot more people on the Internet now, than there were two or more decades ago. So sometimes it gets taken by someone else.
minus-squareThelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s so cool, like your name. Should change the last part to “Reremouseman” though, to stick with the theme :)
@thelsim
Some people call me by my username (“reiver”) when they meet me in person.
To me, it is as much my name as my given-names are.
…
When I consider signing up for a new platform — if my preferred username isn’t available, I often won’t join.
…
Which never used to be a problem — as it is an obscure English word using its archaic spelling —
But, there are a lot more people on the Internet now, than there were two or more decades ago. So sometimes it gets taken by someone else.
That’s so cool, like your name.
Should change the last part to “Reremouseman” though, to stick with the theme :)