to think regulars who name change are cowards?

[ssd]

whats the bloody point??

are you so scared someone on here wont think you're great anymore?

I can understand name changing if someone has recognized you and is giving you grief, but name changing because you feel like saying something that may annoy others is pathetic

stand by your convictions people!

[MandragoraWurzelstock]

the one time I NC'd for odd purposes was quite ingenious naughty actually and I should probably be banned for it

But it was many years ago

[Losingexcessweight]

Bowler

I ve never been arsy on a thread, its just that alot of mumsnetters dont agree with my views on things, what i believe in, and the decisions i have made in my life.

But they do bring it up on my threads which annoys me as they have remembered what i have said previously.

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

Im always Saggy or a seasonal derivative thereof. I never say anything I wouldnt want repeated in real life. There is then no need to NC.

[MandragoraWurzelstock]

also if you don't namechange but your situation changes, people will often refer you back to a prior thread without registering that you now see things differently and need different advice - perhaps because the original thread got sidetracked, misinterpreted etc.

[Januarymadness]

I talk about personal issues on here. If I wanted everyone in rl to know my business I wouldd talk to people in rl. I cant very well say "aaarrrgghhh by bloody sil" and get it off my chest is darling sil might read it and know its me.

I dint nc as often as I should though. Hence still being a January

[Bowlersarm]

losingexcessweight i didn't mean you when i said 'you'. It was a general you! Perhaps I should have said 'when one has been arsey....' !

[elQuintoConyo]

I name-changed recently as I was bored of my old name: vamosbebe (c'mon, baby).
I'm now El Quinto Conyo (can't do a squiggly wave over the 'n' on my phone & MN registration didn't recognise it ) it means The Fifth Cunt and means 'the middle of nowhere' which suits me.
I didn't change to troll/post something too personal. I don't know anyone who is on MN so I feel quite safe.

[tethersend]

Sometimes namechanging is for the best

[ToggyD]

I think the bestest poster has to be Tiggy.

He's wise, beautiful, tall and sexy. He's also clever and warm and looks like Johnny Depp. He is very close to being the perfect human in just about all respects. If any mumsnetter were to be promoted to world leader I think it would have to be Tiggy.

[SatsukiKusukabe]

bowlersarm cumulatively all the info leads you you knowing who she is, but not if she mentioned being French under one name and her dog under another and her town under yet another. Frequent name changing means you are much less likely to be spotted and even if you are they can only look up a few of your posts. I've been on mumsnet I don't even know how many names I've had

[TiggyD]

And it's nice to know that there are posters out there as perceptive as you Toggy.

[thegreylady]

I namechanged once because I found that my previous nn was someone's rl name :)

[LadyBeagleEyes]

I agree with Toggy.
Tiggy is my favourite poster.

[Gerrof]

I have tried to namexhange loads of times but always feel naked on here without my getorf variant name, which makes me sound like a cosmic wanker but still.

There have been lots of probs with stirring caused by named hanging but essentially I don't think name changing for innocent reasons is a problem.

[BOF]

Is CosmicWanker taken?

[SatsukiKusukabe]

i have had 47 name changes!

About a 1/3 I would say are joke names I changed for a specific thread.


Most of the are super awesome though Anyone looking for a super awesome name, I apoligise for having taken them all :(

[HolyMackerel]

I've been here for seven years but name change quite regularly. I was outed in RL in a pretty damaging way, as far as being verbally threatened over something I had posted on here, and learnt my lesson to NC!

I also know quite a few people who use MN, and have realised I know who a couple of posters are, so they could likewise work out who I am - which is fine sometimes, but sometimes I may post something a bit personal that I don't want some people in my RL knowing!

[SatsukiKusukabe]

TiggyD is alright, but I reckon the ToggyD is a bit of a wanker

[HolyMackerel]

[CosmicWanker]

Haha bof LOOK AT ME!

[HolofernesesHead]

I have nced a few times, to talk about personal stuff. If someone who knew me relatively well in RL printed out all of my MN posts ever, they could work out my identity no problem. I'm not averse to voicing opinions and standing by my convictions, and maybe I'm kidding myself that ncing gives any anonymity anyway, but I couldn't have said some of the stuff I have said on here without ncing. It was one of the things that first attracted me to MN, and probably one of the reasons i've stayed.

[ChocsAwayInMyGob]

I've NCed several times over many years on MN.

On both occasions I was very upset by a thread that got heated and personal. I deleted my account and walked away from MN.

A few months later I came back, with a thicker skin and a new name and fresh start.

Don't diss people for doing it, we need anonymity and we need to be able to feel we can have a break when it all gets too much.

It can get rough on MN. I've thought this place is much tougher and harder over the last twelve months or so in particular. I've switched my PC shaking like a leaf more than once.

It IS a leisure activity after all, and a voluntary recreational site. We shouldn't police everything about it or people will just go.

[FreudiansSlipper]

what does it matter who you debating with why do you op change your views do you hold back more of you like someone