Did you reuse your Reddit name or create a new one?

I originally went with the same name but have been using this one now since it's new and the idea of starting fresh appeals to me.

My initial thought was to reuse my existing name so others who already knew me might see that I'm here since we never communicated outside of the given subs we were apart of. I'm not sure how likely that would actually be though. It's not as if I was anyone popular or well known. So, my thinking is I'll stick with my new one and move on.

What have you chosen to do? Start fresh or carry your username over?

ViralN9,
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I use this UN basically everywhere. Here is no different.

SIAMESEDICK,

Replying to you. I’m brand new here and wondering how in the fuck do I leave a reply to the thread? The only reply button I see is for other comments not to the post.

HandsHurtLoL,

The comment box is at the bottom of the stack of comments, so you have to scroll to almost the entire bottom of the page to start a parent comment.

Teal,
Teal avatar

You use the text box at the bottom of the page for replying to a thread.

justinh_tx,

Same. I've been justinh_tx for 20 years or more on just about every site/service that let's you have an underscore in your username. If I can't have an underscore I'm justinh512tx.

Dickbutt,

I…uh, went with a classic.

poiy,

my old name was u/Spez, but nobody seems to like me on reddit.
so i came over here and changed my name.
Do you guys need a CEO?

Nitro316,

How much do you like money?

DoucheAsaurus,
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I used to have to use an underscore in my name so I'd say I upgraded lol

Kbin_space_program,

New one, because Kbin was close enough to Kerbal and I thought that was funny.

Nachoman_Randy_Sandwich,
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New one I wanted a something that would make me look like the "cream of the crop"

Teal,
Teal avatar

Ooh yeah!

daddy,

I was pretty hyped to snag “daddy”

million,
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Nice

Short usernames are the benefit of being early to a platform :)

ValjeanLucPicard,

Nice try, FBI.

FBI,

We'll take it from here.

perceive_aspect,
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Changing usernames and/or deleting mature accounts can be an approach to privacy that may be useful. Tracking algorithms from huge tech companies might be sophisticated enough to identify you anyway with information like public IP/location and browsing habits, plus who knows what else.
Nevertheless, I still change usernames frequently.

taco_ballerina,

Same. After using the same account for a couple years it occurred to me that just by observing what subs I post in you could pretty easily figure out who I was if you were looking for me. Sub for my job, city, hobbies, chronic disease, etc. I figured there's no good way around that other than just lurking, but since there's not a lot of benefit to having an old account I might as well get a new one every year or two. Make myself just a little bit harder to find.

Caph,

Yep this is what I do too. If you’re active in discussions the longer you have your account the more likely it is that it can be linked to your real self

waterbottleonashelf,
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New one. And i had an extremely scientific observational method for coming up with it.

Dickbutt,

Ditto

NotABearJustAHuman,
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I decided on a totally new name. New place, new name

DefiantBarber,

I even did a new email since I didn't want my username tied to my primary one!

error404,
error404 avatar

New name new email also. This is my first comment.

RetroRandy,

New name for me. I figured what the hell, new community new name.

watchdog,
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I chose the username I wanted for Reddit because it was already taken over there

Sinclair-Speccy,
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Reddit doesn't really have the option to change your username IIRC so I am using the name I would have used on Reddit if it wasn't for my dumb teenage brain at the time :P

Ozycaevias,
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My Reddit username was a really old one that I had switched from using a good number of years ago. So my KBin username is different, but it's the one I'm using on basically everything else.

Teal,
Teal avatar

Alright, so a bit of old and new.

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