How do you choose your username?

@o2bnocn (2992)
United States
September 9, 2008 11:21am CST
Almost every site has you choose a username when you register. So I was wondering how you choose it? Do you use the same one for all of the sites that you are in, or different ones for different sites? Is your username something that says something about you? Is it is something that you just picked out and liked? Did you have a lot of trouble thinking of it? A long time ago I had the username oddball that I used a lot, but I saw that a lot of people used it and my sister started using it (i guess she wanted to be like me). This was a couple of years ago and I kind of got mad at her for picking that and using it. I know it isn't a big deal at all, I was young at the time. So I decided to use something different. I thought and thought and couldn't think of anything. I wanted something unique. Finally I thought of it, it was the license plate that my parents (when they were together) had a long time ago. O2bnocn -- oh 2 b n ocean. They finally changed it because no one understood what it meant and people kept asking them what it meant. Now my mom just has a regular license plate, just numbers and letters that don't mean anything. Anyways I really liked it because I love being in the ocean or at the ocean and it was kind of unique. I like how it is spelled out. A while ago I came up with another screenname "brookesblueyes" because my name is brooke and I have blue eyes. It is kind of long though and I didn't feel like going to every site I am registered on and changing my username on there. So I just stuck with o2bnocn. Do you ever change your username? How often and does it aggravate you to change it on every site that you are on, or do you only change it on a couple of site?
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@petiksmode (2983)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
now i have the same username in all the website i am a member with...even in chatrooms i also use petiksmode...coz i want to be known by this site and i will now that if someone calls me by petiks i have met them in the internet.. heheheh
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@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Yes it is easier to keep track of people when they use the same user name. I never really thought of that. I think I will use the same user name for a long time. No plans in changing it any time soon.
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@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
11 Sep 08
I have different passwords for certain sites. I know it is safer to do that so I do that. I do have to admit I have one that I use a lot, but I also have different ones that I use for certain sites.
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• Philippines
10 Sep 08
im am happy with the way i managed all the sites and yes i have the same password to each and every site coz i am not good in memorizing pword hehehe.. thnks
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@valanthe (50)
• Poland
10 Sep 08
I have two usernames. Both comes from time when I was playing RPG with friends and I were searching for name for my character. I found few and in the and had chosen Valanthe. After some time I started to use it also on-line. But I found page where valanthe was already taken so I used other. By those site I have meet some people who are my friends also in real life and almost always call me by my username.
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@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
13 Sep 08
Well noone calls me o2bnocn except online. That would be funny if they called me that in person! I have only come across one or two sites that has already had this user name which I like because I can never think of another user name to use!
@jeiyah_12 (1041)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
Well, It is actually a pet name during my high school years, I manage to use it as my e-mail account and it continued until here in mylot. I'm just so used in using this user name rather than my real name... It is just, I'm really comfortable using this name...
@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
13 Sep 08
I don't think the majority of people do use their real name. I know a couple but not many.
@vijbas (369)
• India
9 Sep 08
i always stick to the username. i have joined many sites and till now i was not told that this username is not available. this makes me easy to remember everything. i also have some 3 sets of passwords which i use according to combination the site wants and so it is easier to remember everything..... Always have username that has some connection to ur name so that any of ur fren can find u
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@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
9 Sep 08
That is another nice thing I like about this username. I don't ever think that I have had a site tell me that it is not available. It's so aggravating when a site tells you that, then I really can't find a username to use when a site tells me that.
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@ace_ivann (326)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
Hi o2bnocn! I really didn't have that difficult time thinking of what username I should use here. I usually use ace_ivann as my name here in the Internet. "Ace" is just an alias. My former officemates called me Ace. Ivann is the Russian version or counterpart of my second name. I combined these two simple names and so I came up with a pretty nice name.
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@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
11 Sep 08
I liked how you did that, combining the name. I like the name Ace by the way. I didn't have trouble coming up with a username for this site because I already had a user name but I did have trouble when I first starting using the internet. I kept changing it until I found one that I liked. Now I stick with this one.
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• United States
9 Sep 08
I stick to the same one because I'm a member of so many sites. I think its hard to remember which username and password goes to which site. This is just so much easier. I argue that its not safe.. I mean how do people know which sites I visit?!? lol
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@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I agree, it is to hard to get 5 different user names for 5 different sites. It is a lot easier to just use the same one so that way you remember it. I would forget which ones I have which user name on.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
23 Sep 08
When I joined mylot, I never knew how important a username could be. I did not pay much attention to frame my user name. I just did it randomly and now when I am questioned about it, I fail to give satisfactory answer for it. First three letters are from my real name and the numbers have been added randomly, the added numbers have not particular significance.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
23 Sep 08
Ah, so that is what your user name means! I was wondering about that! Mine is simple. Sac = Sacramento. As I've lived in and around the area since 1985 it is kind of a part of me. LOL And mom is because I am a mother. See how simple it is? LOL I came up with it while I was registering at another site. And as I couldn't come up with something different when I was signing up on here I decided to use this one.
@pimagro24 (1046)
• Thailand
23 Sep 08
I choose my user name from my name, my birthday, my work and mix all to one I use it one username for all site that I a member I will not forget it