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I originally went with the same name but have been using this one now since it's new and the idea of starting fresh appeals to me.

My initial thought was to reuse my existing name so others who already knew me might see that I'm here since we never communicated outside of the given subs we were apart of. I'm not sure how likely that would actually be though. It's not as if I was anyone popular or well known. So, my thinking is I'll stick with my new one and move on.

What have you chosen to do? Start fresh or carry your username over?

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[–] SteveXVII@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I use the same username on minecraft which was weirdly enough already in use in reddit. Now I can use it on lemmy.

[–] Thetrademarq@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

My Reddit name is a button mash because signups weren’t working. Then they were.

[–] Ozycaevias@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

My Reddit username was a really old one that I had switched from using a good number of years ago. So my KBin username is different, but it's the one I'm using on basically everything else.

[–] curiosityLynx@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I reused my Reddit username. I kind of identify with it. I love healthy curiosity and Lynx are my favourite wild animal.

Also, I suspect I copied some nonverbal communication clues from the cats we had growing up, such as slow-blinking upon eye contact to indicate everything's fine. So a username that can be interpreted to mean I'm feline seems fitting.

[–] Sinclair-Speccy@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit doesn't really have the option to change your username IIRC so I am using the name I would have used on Reddit if it wasn't for my dumb teenage brain at the time :P

[–] Niklaus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

New name. Seemed time for a change/simplification.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

new one. I don't like any consistent data to tie things together. When I talk about myself I regularly will change details or I will use conistant details that are not quite right. Like my birday. 01/23/1987 although I have used 01/23/1942 but that makes me a bit to old to be believable so I changed it.

[–] AttackBunny@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Different name.

My reddit name was what I called the car I was driving at the time or making my account, many years ago. The car I’m driving now, I call The Attack Bunny….

[–] lemming934@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

i slightly adjusted mine

[–] Leone@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I reused the username I originally used when I moved to Ruqqus 3 years ago. I've been all over the place ever since, and I've seen many of these alternatives inevitably fall. Ruqqus, Voat, Votal, Syzitus, Saidit is somehow still active.

It may be something new to many of you, but at this point I've seen enough sites shut down. I don't mean to come here with bad vibes, but it's not easy to be optimistic anymore.

I still miss Ruqqus from time to time, despite not sharing the opinions of a good portion of their user base, I never had a bad experience, even though I did pock the hornet's nest a few times.

[–] IncognitoWolf@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

New name, I always preferred the anonymity of reddit, even if you could technically trace someone with enough post history. So, starting with a new name starts that tracing who I am fresh. After 9 years of Reddit, I am sure my old name had a lot of info about me as a whole.

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Twist: your old username was RegularWolf. :p

[–] ValjeanLucPicard@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] FBI@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

We'll take it from here.

[–] poiy@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

my old name was u/Spez, but nobody seems to like me on reddit.
so i came over here and changed my name.
Do you guys need a CEO?

[–] Nitro316@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

How much do you like money?

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