To ask how often you change your username?

[HCantThinkOfAUsername]

This is kind of a TAAT but not, seen a thread earlier asking if you identified someone on here what would you do.

I've changed my username panicking though is practically identical and now feel lost and like a beginner again

I get so paranoid people think I'm a furry creature so never changed my name so history is identifiable.

Am I the only one that thinks like this?

Every 3 months or so. I changed yesterday.

Never. I'm on the app, mainly, and too lazy to go onto the website to change. I don't post anything that would be a problem if someone recognised me in RL but I still don't like the idea much and hope if someone did they'd PM to let me know so I could change.

Not yet

Once a year or so, not worried about being outed, I'm fairly vague on here. I just get bored and fancy a change.

Jeffrey caused a namechange for me but not before or since. I am not interesting enough to be someone others 'hunt down'
I would hate to lose this name too. I have become quite attached to it, not because of my posting history, just because it's almost exactly funny enough.

TheGirl I've changed mine on the app, go to setting at the top right, then my mumsnet and you can pick a new one, don't have to go on the site :)

A lot of posters post information about their friends and family which if you were their friends or family you wouldn't probably wouldn't want posting - if you do that then I think you should name change for their sake. Even if you don't mind if you are identifyabke it's unfair to expose other people.

Well I wrote this and changed my username but keep forgetting to change them on posts so I'm just confusing myself and others haha 🙈

Almost never. I briefly changed a few years ago for a very sensitive post and have added stuff for special occasion....I was Old Spot Raver during a piggy phase

Every 6-9 months.

I think I've changed it 7 times in 5 years.

I tend to do it when the name is no longer relevant or I'm bored.

How do you do it?

I've just checked and this is my 49th name on six years. Think I'll change again in a minute to get a round 50

I've never even thought to change my user name?? I've had this one for approx 6 years

I've changed a few times.
MN was hacked.
Then for some reason I couldnt log in, so just waited a few days and started a new account.
then some idiot cleared my browser history and I couldnt remember my password so ditto.
twice a long term user took umbrage against me and it got nasty so ditto.
once someone (probably a troll) started sending weird messages so ditto.

I've changed mine a few times-for various reasons, was quite pissed off at having to change my original username as it was very me & I loved it. My last one was a change for Halloween & I quite like it so will stick with it, for now...

I've only changed it once. My first user name was pretty rubbish, so once I'd thought of a better one, I changed it. And have stuck with the same one ever since (a good few years now).

I don't post anything particularly personal so don't really care if anyone knows who I am.

Never. I have a couple of reasons:

1. I'm boring as shite (but in my head I am as cutting and witty as they come)
2. I have no RL friends anyway and very little family so no chance of anyone outing me as boring as shite.

Hmmm, I meant to add a at the end of my post but ended up with a

& as Gin connoisseur drinker I cannot believe this is the first time I've noticed we have a Gin emoji thingy!!

Snap, NoFucking, I saw my error as I pressed post and expected nothing more than the word tin but, lol and behold...! Who knew?

*gin, obviously. I suck at this tonight. [sigh]

Well I thank you for bringing it to my attention

Sorry just trying out the new emoticons

I have 2. This is my secret one

Ooooh I may get a secret one