Hi all,
We recently received some helpful feedback from Mumsnetters about name changes. Some users have mentioned finding it frustrating having to remember to change their username to match the one that they’ve already posted under on a thread. We understand why that’s annoying, and why it might cause some confusion if yourself or other users have switched usernames mid-way through a thread accidentally.
We’ve just released some changes to the site (not in the mobile apps) to help combat this. From now on, if you start or reply to a thread, we’ll automatically set your username to the one you used first on that thread. This means that you won’t need to remember to change your username or go looking to find out which one you posted under before.
Here’s is an example of how it’ll work:
- I start a thread with my current username, which is “username1”
- I then decide to change my username in my settings to “username2"
- I revisit the thread I started under “username1”. My username will be set to “username1" by default in the reply box (I can still edit this username if I’d like to)
- If I go to a thread that I haven’t started or posted on yet, my default username will be my current username, “username2”
We hope you find this helpful and we’d love to hear your feedback!