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To ask what's the deal with name changing?

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Newbie1981 · 05/05/2019 06:34

I notice a lot of people saying they've changed their name as their post it outing. I always wonder what changing the name does as if you're outing yourself with very specific details then you've outed yourself, and changing username can't fix that?

Am probably just missing something as I'm not very tech savvy but have been wondering a while as I see it on here every day.

Thank you!

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DannyWallace · 05/05/2019 06:36

I think it's because if you give details where it's obvious who you are, then people you know might realise it's you and then search your old posts. Those old posts might have some things in them that they would rather keep secret.

YemenRoadYemen · 05/05/2019 06:38

Yes, if someone in real life recognised you, they'd recognise you regardless of the name change.

But you could at least go back to a previous username, and be incognito again.

siglingor · 05/05/2019 06:39

It's so that people who recognise you in real life from the thing you're about to post can't then look at your old posts and realise (a) you have some painful secret you've only talked about on here, or (b) you've been ridiculing them on here for years.

HJWT · 05/05/2019 06:39

@Newbie1981 because all the troll hunters on here read a post then search your username, its a lot easier to change your username that way if it does identify you it won't be linked to all of your other post's ! So say if I post a rant talking about my DH with my username then I want to talk about something a lot more personal in my life I would change my username as SIL is on here and she could probably identify its me and then see all of my others posts if I didn't change my username first! X

Hope that makes sense 😁

Newbie1981 · 05/05/2019 06:41

Ah yes I get it now. Daily Fail I'm guessing haha! Thank you guys! 😀

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TheQueef · 05/05/2019 06:43

I like GoT and post reams of my valued opines on Got threads but I don't want my pals from the telly threads to know that secretly...
I'm a raging liberal democrat so I have a secret name for political threads.

Newbie1981 · 05/05/2019 06:44

@TheQueef 😂😂 that's funny!

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