your username is your brand identity

[datasuspect]

and people will know who you formerly were anyway.

what were your reasons for destroying the mythologies other people might have ascribed to your old username?

actually, i'm quite shocked at some of the people who changed their names. i don't feel the same joy i used to feel when i see them post.

[Lil Missy]

1. I'm still the same!

:P

[Ptah]

2. Like a rock.

This is the DU member formerly known as Color Blind.

[femmocrat]

3. Honestly.... I wish some of them could change them back.

I'm not naming names, though. :eyes:

[Haole Girl]

4. Sometimes people just feel like a change

I think it's more interesting how many people have had reactions to the change(s) of user names.

Maybe it's because I had so much change in my life, over the years, I don't know... but it doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

:shrug:

[datasuspect]

6. it's not a big deal

it's just one man's reaction. sorta like a mote in the eye of the sun.

[Haole Girl]

8. A lot of people seem to feel as you do

It's a running theme, in the Lounge, it seems.

[datasuspect]

9. i'm not really here that much anymore

but i just noticed it today.

i've been teaching native tribes hygiene and aids prevention in the belgian congo.

[Haole Girl]

10. Oh, have you?

:-)

[Deja Q]

5. We'll grow on you?

:(

[datasuspect]

7. you said grow

[trof]

11. sux

I don't know anybody any more.
Stranger In A Strange Land.
:shrug:

[no name no slogan]

12. The only things you should every change are your underwear and/or socks

not necessarily in that order.

This is the DU member formerly known as NewImprovedCokeClassic.

[PeaceNikki]

13. I'll change mine to Beavis if you change yours to Butt-head.

Oooo... check THIS out!

http://www.maniacworld.com/Cornholio-Soundboard.html

[Haole Girl]

14. I double-dog-dare both of you to do it!

:evilgrin:

[datasuspect]

21. uh, heh heh we're there dude

[Deja Q]

15. A parent company can own several brands. So there. :P

:rofl:

Pepsico owns Pepsi and Frito Lay. :evilgrin:

[mcctatas]

16. Nice post Donald Trump

:P

[Deja Q]

19. .

:rofl:

[petronius]

17. I didn't change my name, but there is now 20% less intellectual content in my posts

They're still the same price, however...

:)

[motely36]

25. lol I first read this as pants!

but there is now 20% less intellectual content in my pants

:rofl:

[petronius]

33. That would be difficult - there's never

been any intelligence in my pants... ;)

[crispini]

18. Me? A bit too close to my real name, for one.

And I'm ISO a new brand identity anyway. :D Haven't come up with a new one yet; I'm thinking "Liberal Treehugger" or some such.

[auntAgonist]

20. I liked things the way they were.

:( I was getting used to all the 'old' names, some of which were fairly new to begin with.


I hate change sometimes.

aA
kesha

[Auggie]

22. I am not a brat

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. i just went from pret fashion to haute couture: now, i am just more expensive and harder to look

good in.

i can see why that would take the joy away :)

[Left Is Write]

32. As long as Priyanka remains in your name, it's good.

:D

[NJmaverick]

24. Nomad was a reference to feeling like a person with out a Country (when Bush was in charge)

now that Bush is gone, I no longer feel like I am with out a Country.

[Hopemeister]

26. My Guess is

people have become much more wiser since joining and are embarrass
to use a name that was chosen as a joke or fun.

[Phillycat]

27. I'm confident enough that my personality will come through that I don't need to cling to a name

Besides, I had already changed my username once before.

[qb]

28. Brand identity indeed. I wanted something compact & meaningful (to me)

I had my old username for 6 years. It was based on things that are irrelevant now.
I hope that annoying red text will disappear eventually.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. Well I know that. I still wanted to change it though.

I wanted something a little less close to home, a little less real. For the children.

[southpaw]

30. Change can be good...

I find that I'm much more comfortable with SPKrazy than SouthpawKicker... for whatever reason.

[Left Is Write]

31. I don't know which threads to click on when I don't recognize the names.