Usernames- one or many?

By Leca
@lecanis (16647)
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
January 25, 2007 6:59pm CST
I've noticed that some of my online friends have seperate usernames for each forum/messenger/chatroom/game they use. It seems a little odd to me, because my online name is something very significant to me that I always use when I'm online. The only exception is World of Warcraft, where I have multiple characters and thus more names. My husband also creates new names often when he starts using a new website or forum, and then always has to figure out which name he used where. Do you use the same name everywhere? Is it for the convenience of always being able to remember it? Is it because the name has meaning to you? If you use multiple names, why? And how do you choose them?
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25 responses
@7nicole1 (1633)
• Canada
26 Jan 07
I use the same name all over the net. Its easier to remember and I don't have to write anything down.
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• Philippines
31 Jan 07
Hi there lecanis. My apologies to you if I made a discussion almost similar to your discussion. I did not search if any discussion on the topic has been started. Obviously you thought of this topic ahead of me because you made the topic almost 6days ago. Am so sorry. am using a dial up connection so I immediately started the post today without first searching for any similar topic. am so sorry.
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
11 Feb 07
Oh, I just now saw this. Don't worry about it, cuddle. Oftentimes people get the same idea without actually copying or meaning harm by it. I don't really mind at all. =)
@Empress4 (223)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I use the same user name everywhere... when I came up with it I thought it was very creative and don't want to change. Now it is helpful because I am signed up on so many sites.. and if someone sees Empress4 elsewhere on the web 9.5 times out of 10 it is me.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
27 Jan 07
I've noticed that affect too. I've only encountered one other "lecanis" and when I spoke to her she admitted that she stole the name from my use of it on another website. =P
@sndshrane (288)
• India
26 Jan 07
Hi, I am use same username for all my appearance on all forums.
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@chocks (512)
• India
26 Jan 07
I use this name only for all the forums and websites i sign up.I dont change it.
@flikkenni (537)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 07
I used the same username whenever i sign up in some websites. I think it was easier to remember if you using the same username in different sites. So, when my friend search my username in some website, it will be easier to find me because i have the same username. I think if i got many username, i will be hard for me to remember each username. My username has some meaning for me that i like this character with the same username in some movie.
@firoafame (359)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
4 Feb 07
i use the same username for almost everything. mostly my username is availablr. unless i have signed up earlier. i even use the same password. i think most people are like me.
@patootie (3592)
31 Jan 07
Ohh blimey, if I had different names for all the sites I visit and use I wouldn't ever remember them .. I;ve had the same username sice 1997 .. so I wouldn't want to chage now .. in fact it's almost like it is my name ... I was in one of our large stores the other day and someone shouted out 'Pat where are you' and I swear without thinking I just yelled back .. 'I'm over here' .. well the chap was quite surprised to find me as he was looking for his wife hahahaha ... I explained I wasn't even really a 'Pat' it was just a name I use on the Internet .. I blushed .. he gave me friendly hug .. and that's when his wife came around the corner of the aisle hahahah Luckily we were able to explain what had happened ...
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
1 Feb 07
I use the same name usually, but not 100% of the time. It's more like 92%.
@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 07
mask - mask image
it is great idea and creative, to use different name but i used to forgoten what i created the name was so i use my real name. every where, at yahoo dns_diansinta and dian_sinta. at friendster diansinta at online dating (thee hee) dian maybe someday may name will be familiar to people around the world and they curoious who the person behind this name was? lol^o^ just like hiding behind the mask.
@beyonce03 (2331)
• Canada
3 Feb 07
I always use the same nickname everywhere. Been using it for 5-6 years. Before that it was bone 03. There is some website where that name is already taken so I have another to use in case.
@fabwisp (1327)
2 Feb 07
I like my name and tend to use it for everything. I have a useless memory so its easier with only the one name!
@ppmblist (114)
• China
3 Feb 07
i use multi username on different forum,,but noe i prefer to use same username ,that is not easy forget.
@awaliyah (165)
• Indonesia
31 Jan 07
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@Yuusha (111)
• Sweden
4 Feb 07
My "default" username is Toxic. If that is taken, I use Yuusha (hero). If that is taken, I use Nekomusha (Cat Warrior :P), and if THAT is taken, I use Nekoyuusha (Cat Hero) I always try to use Toxic, but it is often taken, so I have no choice.
@katyzzz (2897)
• Australia
27 Jan 07
Just the one, people have their own reasons
@saq786 (733)
28 Jan 07
yes i used to be like that before, i use to have differnet username for all my different forums and stuff but at the end it got hard to remember them all, so know i jst have the same username for everything and its much easier now than before to remember it.
• Pakistan
28 Jan 07
Yes. Now there you are. The main thing is rememberence. How can people remember so many usernames. I am use to having only one username and that is inflamation as you can see it here at mylot too. Your this point is also acceptable that it seems that you have different characters while you have different user names and that is quite a strange feeling.
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I try not to create sns that I won't be able to remember..but I've ended up creating quite a few anyway. Most of them meant something at the time to me. Like they were nicknames someone called me in a different or sometimes not to different form..or they described the kind of page on the site I was getting -- like the account on xanga I share with a friend for our writing.
31 Jan 07
I use a few names online. At the minute, I tend to use my 'randomosity_prevails' ID, mainly because it's easy to remember. I have 2 more that I use on a regular basis, and it's usually when there's restriction on the number of characters you can have in a screen name, or if it doesn't allow an underscore. None of my names really mean anything, they're just phrases I liked at the time.
• India
27 Jan 07
actually its no use some ppl who think that thye are hidigg their identity or impressing somebody. but i suggest not to do this......