to dislike the easy name changing on Mn?

[Mintyy]

Call me old fashioned, but I sort of like getting to know, in the very loosest sense, the people that I spend time with fairly regularly (ie. you lot).

I sometimes think that the dreaded Mumsnet Royalty (sorry for using that hateful phrase which is always but always used as an attack, goady, personal or otherwise) are just people who don't name change and so more or less everyone knows who they are.

I can understand name changing for the personal stuff, of course I can and do it myself, but why do people permanently name change every few weeks or months? Don't you ever think "I wish I wasn't anonymous and that someone else on MN felt a bit of human connection with me"?

Just curious.

I can see where you're coming from but for me personally I name change because my abusive Ex husband found me on here - and now I'll probably name change again because that confession narrowed it down a bit for him.

I only do seasonal namechanges, but am always recognisable. I've had 3 'major' names since 2005, before then I tried a lot of others for size.

I like being 'me' and like knowing my MN mates. I feel all discombobulated when I don't 'know' anyone on a thread. I like knowing people, so I have an idea of what sort of person they are and the views they hold. I like being able to think to myself "bloody hell when XXX gets here, she'll kick off" and "Oh I hope YYYY has seen this thread, it needs her kind of advice"

I hate it when 'new' posters say "Well I was on a thread with you in 2008 and you said blah blah blah". It puts me on the back foot, scrabbling around for who they might be.

Me too Orlando. Although mintyy in general YANBU.

I namechanged for a few reasons but really thought I had outed myself on a personal matter, as well as saying a couple of things that could have been professionally tricky.

There have been a lot of trolls about and one of them posted a thread that made me a bit paranoid, so changed my name. I then had everyone thinking I was a troll by starting a daft Aibu thread myself, should have known better.

(Should have said I have only NCd once!)

I really do need to namechange - this was meant to be a one-off for a Relationships issue nine months or so back!

Stuck on what to change too though - and I feel like I'd be starting over, if that makes sense.

There are certain posters who I look out for certain topics because I know we're 'in tune' about certain things and that they'll bring sense and clarity a lot of the time.

But I do hate the whole MN Royalty thing - it's bollocks. I got accused of that awhile back (of seeing myself as MN Royalty ) and I've not been here that long at all, or even been that prolific a poster until lately!

I name change because I get bored with a name. Some names have lasted longer than other's.

LtEve You would be recognisable on some threads.

If you get the right topic and get me in the right frame of mine, you'd recognise me.

(And yes, we've talked before)

See, there it is right there. Discombobulated.

I couldn't be bothered to namechange. But I'm not arsed if somebody I know recognises me. I haven't done any threads yet so can't see the point.

LtEve, I used to think like you. And we have talked before

Ducking hell, you're all doing it to me now!

I've PMd you

I name change all the time and I use names such as this one which are hard to search.

I like to name change. I do it every couple of months.

And I will do a quick & brief change if I am discussing something like my kids' names.

I like to know who people are.

I find it a bit odd when I'm on a thread and I don't know anyones names.

I name change fairly regularly (once every 6 months ago) as I have spotted 2 separate friends who have both posted using 2 different usernames, without trying to stalk them out or anything weird. It is so easy to divulge who you are without even trying and so I'm worried I would do the same!

I live in Ireland and recognise two people on an Irish mums site.. They live a couple of hours away. One is my husbands work collegues wife who live locally, the other my close friends sister who has done little to disguise herself. Very, very personal info. So I think it better to change names.

Once every 6 months or so (stupid phone)...

I had the same name for years and don't want to namechange but I do it because I have/had a mad woman who realised who I am in RL and started following me all over the boards. She Tweeted daily about what I posted and used it as a tool to spread gossip about me.

I don't care that she knows who I am. I have nothing to hide, I only post the truth, I just like to make it a bit harder for her when she does her stalking!

I name changed because of an attack by member of the mn hierarchy. It felt like bullying tbh.

Thought a nc would be best so I wouldn't be judged.

Bloody hell, IamInvisible, she is deranged !

There is no MN hierarchy ffs.

I've name changed recently after having the same name since 2009. Some sites I've been on have a 24 hour wait before posting after a name change. That could be good to stop regulars from trolling

I change every few months -- I did have a stable name for a few years but TBH I was getting emotionally over-invested in MN. So I took a few months' break and came back as a Woman Of Mystery.

I had two main names before this. I stopped using the first one because it had a number in it and it's Not The Done Thing. Then I started my second name but soon after, someone joined with a very similar name who quickly became very prolific and I thought people would think I'd nicked / partially copied her name. So I changed to this a few years back which I still don't like that much but I can't think of anything good.

There have been more names used for embarrassing and identifiable posts though.