To ask you how I'd hide my identity on mumsnet

[FlamingoPrincess1977]

I've not been here too long! (Long time lurker!) but have a few posts. I've noticed that people have brought up previous posting history and it has lead to people being "outed" just wondered if it was an ok thing to ask or if it was dishonest, and if it wasn't unreasonable if someone could help me hide myself!

Thanks

Just name change frequently

There's no hiding from what you've put out there unless you name change.

Go into your account and change your name. If you want to remain anonymous change it fairly frequently. If you post easily recognisable family drama people will spot you anyway, but it stops a casual observer connecting the dots.

Just change a few inconsequential details that don't affect the story you are trying to tell. Eg, change a DS for a DD or instead of talking about a holiday in Greece, talk about a holiday in Spain.

It's easy to name change.

Go to your account, and there should be a box letting you type in a new username. You'll need to put your password in to confirm the change. The trickiest bit is thinking of a username that's not taken.

I tend to name change every so often. It's fine as long as you don't start sock puppetting.

^sock puppeting is when you use two different names on the same thread to back yourself up.

Is it necessary? How much of your RL are posting about?

I name change every now and then.

And always bear in mind that I could end up quoted in the Daily Mail

Good post, OP, it has prompted me to change my name again as I have been posting more and more identifying information on here.

Mind you, people seem to be able to find Xenia in all her versions, so they can probably link posters with different names together if they try hard enough.

Depends whether you're Katie Hopkins, or Emily Smith from Stoke!

Name changing.

But if I'm posting something that might get someone saying "hey, that's me" I change details. So dsis might become my cousin, mil might become a friend of dm etc. Not when it changes the story, but then I'll change other details.

I always wondered in another group adding an extra fictitious child who only got mentioned as an aside, but never did it.

Name change or don't post things you don't want people knowing about or that are identifiable.

I don't name change but I don't say too much about my personal life and the stuff I do say I make sure is vague or not going to make me or someone recognising themselves feel bad.