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!

[FinallyMrsFC]

I name change occasionally, if I have something personal or difficult I want to discuss. If you are part of a quiche (ESH, shiney, nobodies,) they will all know you well and you might not want them to know.

[HolyMackerel]

Hopasholic noooooooooo that was not me!

I gave an honest opinion based on true facts about my DC's nursery, combined with other info I had put on here they worked out who I was and - aargh lots of grief! Hence I NC every few months or so

[SophiaTheFirst]

Some people have very good, real life reasons for name changing regularly.

[arabesque]

Also, some people just don't want the hassle of becoming known to regular posters and having some of them bearing grudges or trawling over old posts etc. A lot of us just come on here for a bit of fun and distraction and don't really want to get involved in serious stuff.

[HolyMackerel]

Amen to that arabesque!

[ChazsBrilliantAttitude]

I name change if I am going to post something that could out me e.g. when someone asked for info about the school my DC go to I name changed to reply.

[LtEveDallas]

I don't generally NC, (have had 3 posting names in 9 years) but have NC a couple of times for specific reasons. Once when I was asking for 'professional' advice on a very sticky subject and a couple of times for 'relationship' reasons - I hardly ever post about DH here and would like to keep it that way.

I agree that NCing just to post something goady is a cowardly thing to do, but I'd like to think that its not something that the more prolific regulars do - it's generally too easy to spot their NC's in any case!

[fromparistoberlin]

yanbu

BUT...I've done it, yup

[fromparistoberlin]

I would rather not be hated thanks! fuck integrity!!!!

[fromparistoberlin]

In RL, I stand my ground. always.

not on MN though, you can get fucking FLAMED for an agreement that goes against the mainstream. Its not nice, and its often unfair

so a few times I have made a measure decision to NC

But I am staying as this name, and shutting the fuck up moving forward!

[ChocsAwayInMyGob]

I namechanged recently because a couple of people ganged up on me quite nastily over something really really trivial and it upset me and made me lose confidence in myself under that name (if that makes any sense).
I just wanted to reinvent myself and come back as a different person.

arabesque. you are not alone, That's happened to me. It can be really upsetting.

[mrsjay]

PMS I need to namechange on that week i am vile

[SarahAndFuck]

I name change quite often, but I don't swap back and forth between old names to post different opinions or sock-puppet or anything. I just like to have a new name now and again.

I was found on another forum by relatives I didn't want to speak to, so regular name changing is a habit now.

Plus I've had the same experience on here as Arabesque and although I only recognise one of the names from then as still being on here, I'd prefer them not to recognise me either. I tend to avoid threads started by the person I still recognise, and even threads she's replied to, even though I've changed name several times since she and her friends ripped into me.

And it's nice to have a new name sometimes, although it does mean it's hard to join a quiche or get a mention on those "whose your favourite MN" threads.

[fromparistoberlin]

yes, no quiches or MN-fave for us name changers

then again, I come on MN for fun and banter and advice, not friendship per se

but some people do, and fairplay to em

[shellbu]

do you mean clique berlin or is quiches a term used on here i dont know about ?

[aufaniae]

quiches means cliques on MN, shellbu. IIRC someone got the words confused a while back and it's stuck.

[Sallystyle]

I don't name change but very interesting reading why other people do though.


I belong to a tight knit community, it is great that we all know each other etc I get this board is different but I like posting and people knowing me and name changing regularly must prevent that.

I also do not care if anyone IRL recognises me. If I say something stupid I own it and just carry on posting as me and people will eventually forget I am also an open book and wouldn't talk about anything here that I would talk openly about to people I know IRL.

[HibernoCaledonian]

My MN name is easy to guess for anyone who knows me. I name change to post about certain things that I don't want certain people to know about.