Asklemmy

I used to have specific usernames I felt attached to, but those depended on what kind of phase I found myself in. Nowadays it's hard for me to come up with a username at all, especially since I don't want to use my real name. But so far I like this username I have now the most.

Not particularly

I’m pretty attached to my username, sometimes people call me by it and I even have some nicknames originating from it. I use it in only four places, but I definitely feel it has become my default username as of recently.

It's part of my identity. At one point I flipped it, and now a whole load of people in real life call me Liz.

Been using this online handle for 30 years now, I'd say pretty attached!

I've been using it since I was 8 or something so pretty attached.

not at all

I use the same name for most things out of habit, but I wouldn't be too put out if it is taken when signing up for something new.

@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.

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When I consider signing up for a new platform — if my preferred username isn't available, I often won't join.

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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.

I used to have a single username that I used everywhere. But the last couple of years I started using a few different ones.

I think OneWomanCreamTeam is my favorite username, but I have so many accounts in other places under different names it's hard to feel too attached to it.

I usually cycle through usernames on Reddit every 2-3 years, and while I'm a bit attached to the username, I absolutely do not use the same name across different social media, nor do I post anything from one to the other. Compartmentalizing helps limit the possibility of doxxing.

This name was made for lemmy. I have different names on different platforms because users from one place should not me able to find me anywhere else.

I have a gaming name I use on multiple places however.

Kinda. For example, here on Lemmy I accidentally didn't use my main username, but it's not worth making another account for it. I just set it as display name. Not perfect, not terrible.

I kept my randomly generated username from reddit here, because I see it as a continuation from my reddit account after reddit killed itself

I'm fairly attached. Been using it for years. It's a rough translation of Sindarin.

I came up with my user a while ago and didn't find any better name. I would change my name if I came up with a better name

This is my day 1 username. I'm not leaving it.

Not very. I usually make a different username per website, but they are usually a portmanteau of various characters I like. So several names I use are fairly similar.

Nope. I have some that I used as a kid, and sometimes I reuse them when I can't think of a new one for some throwaway service.

The idea of having an alternate online persona doesn't appeal to me at all, nor does the idea of being well known or recognized in general. I don't go out of my way to remain untraceable or anything cool like that, but switching up usernames every once in a while is easy to do.

Not at all. I can change if you like.

I have two. quite like this one

Quite attached to this one for now, but have gone by others in the past. probably quite easy to find me IRL, oh well...

I have multiple usernames but each one exists across platforms etc. I try to keep my accounts sandboxed.

Other than a few places, i use this username everywhere

Very. This IS my online name. Although it started out as a way to be anonymous online, by now it is darn easy to connect with my real identity.

And its more unique than my real name. Theres enough Tom André 's out there on the web that any variation of it as username is usually taken, but emptyother (or empty_other) is always free. I prefer it over my real name, when online. Easier to recognize in chats.

Also its a overly literal translation of my name from my language to English. Tom = Empty, Andre = Others.

If I could go back I would pick a different one, but I already made accounts everywhere so I'm stuck.

I do take care in finding a suitable username. I have four accounts on different instances and all have different names, but mainly because i find it easier to see which account i am currently using. I like my usernames, but i'm not attached to them, nor am i attached to my accounts

This name goes back to the early text-based multiplayer adventure games of the late 80s, when our area of the Internet was still called ARPAnet. It was originally (Felix) Hausdorff, the founder of Topology. But, Hausdorff is a lot more typing than Haus.

for a long time i have used moskito10, but i decided on my current one a few years ago.

This username is different than my other usernames I use. Hard to name this username here but I like it.

Absolutely no attachment.