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?

  • _I_@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Yes, but no. It’s inspired by my Reddit username, but I managed to get a much much shorter variant on Kbin, lol.

  • Suedeltica@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    I kept mine. Previously I only used this handle for Reddit, but now I have it here (and on Metafilter, where I created a new account after flouncing 10+ years ago—seems weirdly fitting as I originally learned of Reddit’s existence from Metafilter.)

  • HubertManne@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    new one. I don’t like any consistent data to tie things together. When I talk about myself I regularly will change details or I will use conistant details that are not quite right. Like my birday. 01/23/1987 although I have used 01/23/1942 but that makes me a bit to old to be believable so I changed it.

  • Leone@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    I reused the username I originally used when I moved to Ruqqus 3 years ago. I’ve been all over the place ever since, and I’ve seen many of these alternatives inevitably fall. Ruqqus, Voat, Votal, Syzitus, Saidit is somehow still active.

    It may be something new to many of you, but at this point I’ve seen enough sites shut down. I don’t mean to come here with bad vibes, but it’s not easy to be optimistic anymore.

    I still miss Ruqqus from time to time, despite not sharing the opinions of a good portion of their user base, I never had a bad experience, even though I did pock the hornet’s nest a few times.

    • SIAMESEDICK@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      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@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.