To want to ignore namechangers who speak to me as if they "know" me, but are not saying who they are?

[QuintessentialShadows]

So many has left.
So many has changed their names.
So many talk to me as if they "know" me.

I cant just ignore the familiarity in posting, yet I cant just guess who they are.

It is irritating. I cant just wipe knowledge of posters out of my head and chat to everybody like I have never spoken to them before.

I dont like this at all.

I suspect I am unreasonable. I just want to voice my opinion.

I liked it the way it was. I liked to "know" some posters. I dont like that posters "know" me and I dont know them. Like it is now.

Maybe it really is time to leave, as I am a stuck up miserable old cow who embraces change, but not as much as I thought I did.

Shut the door behind you.

i dont think anybdy gets told they are too nice do they?

except me of course

Its like being in a paralell universe when you namechange though. I was ganged up on almost immediately

TWWAT, you seem to be up for a ruck today.
I think your acronym has annoyed you more than you wish to admit.

speaking your mind is just fine - problem is it does expose the orkings of your mind to all and sundry. Saying fuck is fine, pointlss gibberish tends to get jumped on though.

"Better to be silent and thought a fool than speak out and remove all possible doubt"...

But obviosuly your prerogative, speach is still free (relatively, though its free for QS too of course)

QS, I am a newbie but don't think you are being unreasonable at all, the reason for this is there is an ebb and flow to an internet board and part of that ebb and flow are posters personalities which come thru in a post, ok it might not be RL as so many are fond of posting but you DO get to know people and their backgrounds and over a certain time there is a familiarity which is comforting (an easy example is Cods spelling) and therefore when posters namechange for what appears no good reason things do appear a little more disjointed.
Not sure if that made sense.
Anyway, my personal opinion is that name changes should not be allowed.

"fond of posting" should actually read "fond of pointing out"

You may disagree but I am still right

I did read the whole thread (if I don't I generally say so in my post) and as much as I can sympathise with you about not finding your right posting name (mine is hardly orginal) I still feel that name changes are to the detriment of an internet board.

Actually I think MumtoOliverJames has the right idea but I would take it one step further if you do namechange your previous names are stored on your profile for everyone to see which would prevent the problem QS/Kew had and still allow people to namechange. However not everyone has a profile.
As you say if you have crabs then maybe an anon logon, but surely as long as you have more than one email you can have more than one registration with mumsnet anyway?

I had to namechange due to RL Family people being on here and finding out who I was and not liking something I had posted.

TheWomanWhoAteTraffic whats the need to have ago at OP! if you don't like what she is saying why don't you fuck off from this thread and have a nice cup of tea

As a newbie I actually find the constant namechanging very confusing.

I just start to get my head around who's who and what's what when suddenly there's a load of new names but they are posting as if they have been here for years.

Makes it a little difficult to get involved as I get confused but maybe that's just me.

Chubby - just take my approach - I never expect to remember anyones name so when I do its very exciting. I just treat every post on its own merits due to my appalling memory - makes for a much more balanced approach IMVHO.

I just think everyone is new except QS FAQ, Cod (who has gone) Hecate, Victoriansquarlor, zippitippitoes,Kewcumber, vingertits, lucyellensmum(not sure if she still posts)devilwearsprimark and a few others are the only regular posters I regonise

and tbh even if I recognise their name I don't remember their previous views

and at applause and not being a newbie.

I still feel like a newbie!

and whilst I'm cofessing - I have name changed

My name is Kewcumber and I am a namechanger I used to be Suejonez, it has been 2 years since my last name change...

I'll do that then Kewcumber

It might be confusing but at least it's not Bounty.

Yay i am thrilled to be recognised pingpong

I wont be namechanging

Who is this TWWAT? she certainly is rude! how to win friends and alienate people, blimey!

But really, if people want to namechange, does it matter? I had to do it a few weeks ago when I realised I'd given out a fair bit of personal info which could potentially be a bit incriminating (sounds like i'm a criminal, I'm not!). I told the people I chat to most. Mostly I think people do it for privacy reasons, or they get bored and fancy a change, or they just want to stir things up. Ignore them, or you're just giving them the reaction they want.

I'm happy to chat to whoever is on, I don't really feel the need to know them. I'm not part of any MN clique, nor would I want to be, I'm happy with my RL friends. I think the real beauty of MN is that you can be completely anonymous if you choose to be.