Please don't use your real name!!!

[DaisyKeymaster]

Selco and I want everyone to be safe and maintain their privacy while enjoying the forum. PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR REAL NAME AS A USERNAME!!!

If you’ve signed up under your real name, it’s easy to change. Simply go into your profile by clicking your name in the top right-hand corner. Then click Edit. Then type the name you’d like to use in the box and click “Save Changes.” BOOM – you’re done!

Thank you!!!

[Casper ShipParticipant]

No worries. This isn’t my real name. 😉

[DaisyKeymaster]

🙂 It’s a really great username though!

[Ozark MamaParticipant]

If you’re new double check this. I thought I was good then posted something and realized I wasn’t.

[fake nameParticipant]

and that is why ah use a fakename user name……..

[RBnoBSParticipant]

I know I didn’t use my real name but I don’t know why I checked it when I read this. LOL

[woodsrunnerParticipant]

If you have a ham radio license it’s not a good idea to post your call sign either.

It is easy to find your real name and address in a database.

[michael goulishParticipant]

Hi!  I just logged in for the first time. I see my real name in the upper-right corner where it says “You are logged in as Abraham Lincoln” <span style=”font-size: 80%;”>(sorry, that’s maybe not precisely what it says.)</span>  But when I signed up I provided a username which is not my real name.  My username is “Amras“.  Did I do this right? Is my realname visible, or are you just seeing “Amras” ?

 

 

[michael goulishParticipant]

Hmm. I’m thinking I did it wrong.

 

[BobkittyParticipant]

I think I did the same thing. I’m glad I came to this thread first.

[SelcoKeymaster]

@michael goulish

What excatly user name you want to use? Amras?

[DaisyKeymaster]

Everyone squared away?

[LittlesisterParticipant]

I to am glad I came to this section first. Got it taken care of though.

[paladin712Participant]

Glad I came here first before posting.

[ScratchParticipant]

Palladin. I like it.

[ScratchParticipant]

Well, it looks like my name is Scratch. I think it’s appropriate. Just checking in and saying hello. Well, this is certainly starting out well………….   Can management change it?

 

• This reply was modified 2 years ago by  Scratch.

[ElaraParticipant]

Just logged in and changed mine.  Thanks for the reminder.

 

[SarahConnorParticipant]

Think I got it right!

[JAB (waybeyondfedup)Blocked]

Hmm both of interesting and okay regarding on this,  I for one have been using it for pretty much quite some time now.  Of course just used my initials as for my name part of it.

[ironfeatherParticipant]

just trying to see if I did it right

[StitchParticipant]

Thanks

[Pink CoconutParticipant]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Just trying to see if I did it right also.</p>

[Crow BarKeymaster]

@Pink Coconut,
What is it you are trying to do?

[Pink CoconutParticipant]

Trying to see if I changed my name correctly.  Not sure why all the other text showed up.

[Crow BarKeymaster]

Well, if your intent was to change your name to Pink Coconut, you have succeeded!
Awesome name too!
Now if we can find a avatar of a pink coconut, you would be all set!

[swt peaParticipant]

Did i get it right? 🤔

[Crow BarKeymaster]

I think so!

[MOMMA SmithParticipant]

Hi just signed in for the first time and notice my picture is of me and  was wondering if I should change that as well as using another name MOMMA Smith.. Just thought it was weird to have a matching picture and not a matching name.  lol.  If I need to change it can someone please help me as to how to do so.  Thank you MOMMA Smith

[Crow BarKeymaster]

Welcome Momma Smith!
While we do not recommend it, if that is the pic you want to use, by all means!

[john Frei FreiParticipant]

I have always used a fakename when signing up for things non financial or none of your business. So I hope to continue this.

signed

Bill Gates

PS If you think either this or the name under the picture is my real name, I have some ocean beach front property to sell you in Arizona.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by  john Frei Frei.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by  john Frei Frei.

[Crow BarKeymaster]

Well said Bill!

Hey, can you re-instate support for Windows XP?

😉

[CambriaParticipant]

Testing Testing

[DaisyKeymaster]

Hi, Cambria – we read you 🙂

[Crow BarKeymaster]

. . . loud and clear!

[This is my nameParticipant]

Is this an ok username?  I just signed up! 🙂 **Edit: I had to fix it because my real name showed up instead of my user name. LOL  Now it’s all hunky dory. 🙂

• This reply was modified 11 months, 1 week ago by  This is my name.

[Crow BarKeymaster]

That is a great username!

[Vigilant RogueParticipant]

I think I am good? Just checking!

[Crow BarKeymaster]

I would say you are good!
Welcome!

[jackalopeParticipant]

Thanks for the warning, Daisy! I was able to fix this before I started posting.

[Crow BarKeymaster]

Great name, great pic!

[Morris LutherParticipant]

test

 

 

[namelusParticipant]

I see you morris luther

[madwolfParticipant]

Testing for username.

[madwolfParticipant]

There, fixed.

 

Take another look at your register page, it’s FUBAR.  😀

[Cimeter7Participant]

This is great! Why have I not jumped on board earlier??

Also username test.

[SarahParticipant]

Test….  -sarah

[Tall TreeParticipant]

Hello!

[Island GirlParticipant]

Strange to think that I never checked to see if my totally legit username came up.  How could I have forgotten that.

[Crow BarKeymaster]

Howdy all!

[BellatrixParticipant]

Oh gosh, this is so much harder for an elderly brain to figure out how to use than FB!!  I respect your decision to archive your social media groups, but I do hope I am able to figure out how to use this! For now, it is terribly confusing 🙁  Maybe it’s tru about old dogs and new tricks.

 

[The MamaParticipant]

Thank you, now I need a very long tutorial with some hand holding to figure out a profile photo. (I’ll get a kid to show me.)

[VarnisheParticipant]

I just did mine by poking around My Profile. Theres a place to edit and add a photo from your phone or PC.

[Jay RephanParticipant]

Why not use the real name? What should I be afraid of?

[Crow BarKeymaster]

Daisy is big on privacy and feels it best not too.

But if you are so inclined by all means!

[GigglytomboyParticipant]

The page says I’m currently logged in as (my real name), so I’m just posting here to see what my username will show.

[Crow BarKeymaster]

Unless your parents had a very interesting sense of humor, I would say that is not your real name!
I could be wrong! 🙂

[Noway2Participant]

I had (have) the same question. When I signed up, it had a section for name (first, last) and one for username. On the main screen it said “Welcome My Name” “You are currently logged in as My Name”. Under the profile, though, it is @noway2 – my username / handle.

In either case, I changed the profile for Name to be the same as my handle so there should be no issue, but I am curious as to which it would have posted as, username or name.

[GA Farm PrepperParticipant]

I had a Technical glitch signing up, but I’m here now, and hopefully got the name thing right. 😉

[BarrensHomeyParticipant]

Got this username thang working?

[Louise CurtisParticipant]

Well I didn’t use my real name, and now I’m not sure that anyone who knew me on FB (where I was using my real name) will realize that i’m the same person over here. . .

 

[Sally SeashoreParticipant]

Thanks, I will go back and change it. I have a healthy suspicion of using one’s legal name on the internet, I’ve been investigated for jobs and really don’t want my prospective employers to know what I post on the internet or what else I’m interested in besides making lots of money for them or making them look good..

[Veronica SpragueParticipant]

Mine just looks real. 🙂

[Crow BarKeymaster]

Yeah, I was just thinking that too!

Welcome!

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