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This forum houses members with different names that sometimes one would wonder where they got those names from. Some of them sound good while some look scaring. But every name is a brand that offers certain service to the forum. The service might be substandard or quality services. But members must ensure that their names are associated with quality services that is contributing to the development of the forum. Hence, I would want to discuss names as an identity, symbol of integrity and quality.

Name as an identity: This forum has no policy on name selection. This means that prospective members are free to choose any name they want in the course of registration. But this freedom doesn’t give you the privilege of choosing names that depicts or promote immoral behavior. Newbies must note that the first impression any member would have about him/her is the name because nobody is seeing you. And you might not have the opportunity to explain to people the reason for choosing the name. Choosing a suitable name is important because it might never be edited or changed. It is better to choose a meaningless name than to choose a wrong name. A member’s name;  fare sesso con la sorella  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5400433.msg60237392#msg60237392) which relates to someone having s*xual relationship with his sister received enough criticism from the forum community that he felt harassed. Another member stated that the reason why another member is not receiving enough merit was that his name  AnotherAlt  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5405705.msg60542140#msg60542140) sounds like someone’s alt account and merit sources tries as much as possible to avoid helping Alt accounts to rank up, and this is because they are avoiding being accused of and criticized for supporting account farming.
 
Name as a symbol of integrity: Although nobody can be fully trusted, but there are names in this forum that can never be associated with scam or fraud. These set of members have built their integrity beyond reasonable doubt. Some of them have been treasures in this forum and have fully accounted for the funds at their disposal without any form of misappropriation. Their yes is yes and their no is no. They ensure that their dealing with members and organization in this forum is without shady dealings and fraudulent intentions. Hence newbies must ensure they disassociate themselves from all activities that appears or confirmed to be fraudulent.

Name as a symbol of quality: There are some members in this forum that upholds excellence in their posts or other forum activities. Perfection might be unattainable but these set of members work hard to ensure that they give quality information to the forum. There name is synonymous with quality educational and problem solving posts. There are members that put little or no effort in their posts and members know them and don’t take them serious most times. But there are some members that people rush to their post because of its quality. Newbies must study, research and strive to achieve this feat because it would make their name a good brand.

In summarily although newbies are free to choose any name of their choice but they should choose wisely this is because your name represents you. Shun scam and fraud to give your name a good status and people would trust you unconditionally. Strive for excellence and give quality information and members would respect you regardless of your nationality or age.       
   

I already explained that on that thread;




Actually, it can be edited if the admin does it for you. A user changed his name twice.

Reff:
Changed username from Coolcryptovator to COOLCRYPTOVATOR (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5349995.0)
Display Name changed from "COOLCRYPTOVATOR" to "The Cryptovator" | Tnx Theymos (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5398518.0)

Your username will represent what you do in the forum after you have registered and started your journey, it is not immediately you register and is yet to do anything, if my username is "fuck you" for example, and i am a contributor and have a good reputation, my username would not make other members see me as bad, i will receive merits as long as i am helpful and other members will recommend my posts as being great. But if my username is "bitcoin guru" and i am a spammer, scammer, i will be addressed as one, the username doesn't matter in that way.

Needless to say that newbies should protect their username and make sure it is associated with only good things in the forum, but "protect your username" doesn't mean newbies should worry about the wordings or semantics of their username, but what they do with their account that carries the username.

Thank you OP,  the message was clear and insightful. The benefits attached to a good name is enormous and it pays in the long run to stand out for integrity and excellence. I never gave a careful thought before choosing my username, but I believe its still on track. Thank you once again.

Username can be changed by

• Yourself if you are the VIP member with 50 BTC donated to the forum. You can do it by yourself.
• Admin if
  
  • You have solid reasons to change it
  • You are doxed and want to change your username. There was a case with account username contains his real name. A request topic was approved shortly within a few hours.

Reputation, or a good name, is very hard to earn, it can take many years to achieve. Reputation is hard to earn and very easy to lose. Hence some did live up to their names, some didn't.


Some joined to this forum earlier, some later. Each and every individual has different background of knowledge, different ways of expressing that, some keep learning, some not so much.
Excellence in posts is hard to achieve (and I think that some are better gifted than others in that matter). But you have to seek for proper information, not only the proper package. And also you have to crosscheck everything you read, since everybody can make mistakes.

Basically, it is your identity. That's who you are and what you post and what you show in the forum is how you will be seen and be interpreted.

So if you are a shit poster, then you are a shit poster.
If you are a great poster and merit magnet, then you are a quality member and contributor. That is awesome.

I guess having a nice username is nice, but it's importance is probably a bit too overblown. I mean, a reputable developer(Bitcoin Core, BTCPay, and Strike) has a username called "rockstardev". If you have a good reputation and if you work hard, what your username is — is pretty much unnecessary (unless you picked something like Hitler45 or something).

When I found out about the BTT forum and wanted to register an account. I had the name Morningstar in my mind but someone had already registered an account with this name before me and I liked it so I registered an account by adding another r. Lots of people have strange names on this forum, I mean unique Well, names have a temporary effect, but when you see someone's work, you reward or compensate him according to his work and not according to his name.

I don't think the name used on the forum really tell much about the user but rather the activities of the user. We have users like smart Virus yet the user represent transparency and content. Username sometimes are chosen based on how the user feel at that moment. Since the BTT is an anonymous i believe its the activity a user engages with their account that speaks more of their identity than the name itself

A person's username is the first thing people notice about you on the forum, but your contents, value and consistent quality contributions to problem solving is what people shall respect you for on the forum. Because in as much as it is good to choose a good name, let us also strive to add value wherever we find ourselves. So here are few of my contributions

And that's one of the biggest mistake most people make when registering on the forum, that is, I mean creating an account before thinking what they could offer to the forum, instead of thinking of what they could offer the forum before creating an account. And that was exactly what I had in mind before creating this my account "CRYPTOHEADLINENEWS" because the reason why I chose the name was because I had in mind  to be reviewing latest crypto news headlines to the forum, while leaving people to react to the news, but it's it unfortunately as I never for once did it

I think you are wrong on this, because the forum actually has a policy on name selection because you can't choose a name that already has been chosen by someone else. That is no two person can bear the same name on the forum, which is actually a policy

I think someone above @ AnotherAlt just proved to us that name can be changed, of which only Theymos has the power to do so.

What you bear in the forum does not really matter, what counts is your contribution to the BTT forum. In my opinion, the names people choose is a representation of how they feel and not necessarily meaning they are bad or lack a good reputation
 Sometimes, people bear funny names on here to probably push much expectations off of them. Because when you see a name like majestic-milf, you'd be like "well, let's see what this user has to offer"
 Yes, a name represents you, but I think it goes beyond that.

The way I see it, the name will stick most of the time due to what the account does or posts on the forum, and much less because of the name itself (although some will have an edge to them, which can play both ways).

There are two factors to bear in mind here:

- The name one choses for the account, which may not be what one would have wished to stick to further down the road, and although there are some exceptions that grant a name change under very specific and compelling circumstances, the norm is that the name remains the same throughout.

Perhaps here one should give it a wee bit more of a thought upon signing-up, because of the above. Nevertheless, with 3.479.831 accounts created so far, chances are that the one one would like may be taken. If we don’t racket our mind a bit, we end-up with DdmrDdmr or some other gibberish (of course one never knows if he’s going to be around here for a quick ride or a long and sturdy one)…

- The name as in reputation, obtained through deeds, the content of the posts, and whatnot. When positive, this normally comes after some time on the forum, and it shouldn’t be a quest that one should strive for, but rather, in any case, a by-product of the account’s participation here.

There's an adage that says "a good name is better than silver or gold" what we do ehile on the forum tells more about our personalities, its a reflection of the true image of our identity, the first sign post of a user is the name he bears, we all have one or two reasons behind the username chosen by us individually, moreso is our behavior been expected to reflect that same identity, also we should not be received as well by names, some have it in opposite ways, but im conclusion we srr ourselves on the right perspective in which we wanted through what we do on the forum.

Has there ever been a time when humans don't have a preference for a certain rhyme that suits their selfish interests? A good name is always better than riches, according to the common saying and as such, it is your brand. Unless of course, it is an alias, then I feel there shouldn't be any hard or fast rule in deciding what name one should bear.
I believe any excellent post will sell itself and attract the interests befitting it unless of course the name/brand has been red-flagged or known for something uncanny.

Not everyone comes to this forum to sell some kind of service. And if you don't count people who participate in signature campaigns, then such people are a minority. So worrying about presentation and image is not necessary for everybody. And not everybody has the creativity to choose an original and remarkable forum name.

The only thing that newbies should do is avoid choosing a name that would seriously harm them. For example, choosing a name that it very close to a name of another forum user - might create an impression that you are impersonating someone. Using an offensive name is also a very poor idea.

This is not totally accurate. There are some reserved words you can't include in your username when registering a new account. Some of those words are "Satoshi", "theymos", "bitcointalk" and probably all staff usernames. Obviously this restriction exists to prevent impersonation attacks.

I just want to add that staff members can change their display names (not usernames) and probably many members do not know that there is a difference between the two.

There is a funny sign: "How you call a boat, so it will float." Call it "victory" to be your winner, call it "trouble" and, accordingly, the name will let you down. But these are jokes. The main thing is not in the nickname itself, but in what kind of person wears it. I found here very, very sonorous names. One might say great ones, so what? Many have remained in the history of banned and fraudulent accounts.

Some people come to the forum just by chance. They need to solve one or two questions, but later the forum attracts them with its interesting content, and the nickname that the user has chosen remains. I literally told my story.

There are, of course, very stupid names, and this basically speaks of the property of the mind of a person who has chosen a lascivious nickname, but in general, I do not see any problems with the freedom to choose nicknames.

They can but I am not sure they can change it by themselves as privilege of being staffs or they have to send a request to theymos.

In addition, VIP members and admins, global moderators, staffs or some special cases can have special titles for their accounts.

• Users with Custom Title (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5046812.0)
• The process can be the same as username / display name change

That reminds me of the theory of the meaninglessness of meaning. What is in a name, really? May be nothing in the real sense. However, we can easily tag an expectation to a name. That's true. We expect anyone called demon or devil or Satan to be evil even without waiting for them to show their hand. That's the expectation but in practical reality it may not be so.

That's exactly my story. I stumbled onto this forum by chance occasioned by curiosity. It wasn't intentional.

I hate usernames that have obscenity well written over them.

I will say you should choose a decent username on the forum that doesn't have a offensive meaning and the one you like and want people to recognise you from that as it serves you online identity.

But what what work you do will make you name across the forum if we speak in this context only and if you are having knowledge and helping others out people will automatically come to know about you and any username you have decided will be worthy of recognition so it depends on your work which will make your name shine not your name will tell about how personality is.

There are many high rank members in the forum which have some unique names which we even don't know how to pronounce properly but still they all are well known but how? Their works have made their presence important to the forum members not only username.So if you possess that skills of having knowledge and expressing your thoughts well any username will become your brand.

A sweet name with good meaning doesn't define  who a person is or the character that one exhibit.  No one is interested about the name anyone bears,  what everyone is concerned about is good reputation,  good reputation is the name people care about , that name that won't make people regret coming close.

Exactly. It's not the meaning of the username alone that matters but its more on the contribution of that certain name, his quality posts and all his good words and deeds. Even if the word entails a loser or a black sheep in the forum, but if that name is known for his high quality posts and very outstanding performance, he will always be popular and remembered because he has always been a good asset in the forum. Most particularly with newbies, they should focus more on how to establish their own names with good and excellent performance if possible, and not just on the impact of the name itself.

Most likely, what you post represents your own, personal identity, and if you are an asset in the forum or just one of those who loves spamming. Your activities in the forum will serve as the mirror to your own self. If you are fond of making shit posts, then you are not wanted and most likely will never be relevant to the other members. But if you chose to be a productive poster, you should focus more on what is more important so that the rest of the members will also benefit from you.

What i have to imply concerning your observation is that, those bitcointalk username you see in the community many of them are real names, it's depending on the country we came from. Because some countries have ethnicity and each of the ethnic region have it's tribal name, which we are not suppose to judge anyone with it's registered name per say.

Usernames are important, though the forum does not mandate new registrants to choose a certain kind of username, I personally believe a serious minded person should already know what kind of username is good to and for the public eyes and that which is not.

A username can hide ones true character, it can give those seeing your choice of username, the wrong or right perception of you, that is for example, A stupid person can come under a good username and other users will perceive such a person to be good, until such a person allows his or her stupidity to show in his or her choice of words in comments or posts, and also, it can happen In the other way round that a person can decide to choose a stupid username, and in the first glance, other users can perceive such a user to be stupid for choosing such a username, but in the long run, it can turn out that such a person is not stupid based on their posts/comments quality and usefulness.

So what am I saying in essence? Like the op said, choosing a good username from the beginning is as important as the person who is going to wear the username.
It better to be stupid but have a good username than being stupid with also a stupid username - I will explain briefly

• having a good username forehand while wallowing in stupidity is good because a time shall come when you eventually give up being stupid, a good username is already available to portray you as one who is not stupid.
• But on the other hand, being stupid with a stupid username is a perfect wrong choice because a time shall come when you stop being a stupid person, but your username still portray you as a stupid person, and if the forum is such a one that doesn't offer a second chance to changing username, what do you then do, now you learn to live with a username that does not speak good of you, which can be really disappointing and discouraging.

That's really how you would understand that there are just people who are into the forum just to make money and take advantage of it and people who are actually contributing something and the result of that is that you can post and earn at the same time.

Name is very much important in human life. According to a saying,  the name you bear can speak for your prosperity. They said, if someone bear an evil name that name will follow him or her, so people are changing names when they realized that the name they are bearing does not sound good. Ex Oruama (Evil Town) is someone's name and later he discovered the name is not suitable for him so changed the name. Therefore, name is one of the vital element in human life.

But the forum does not consider name but your contributions. Your contributions will speak for your name. What you post count more than your name. There are some users that in this forum that are not recognized because they don't have good quality posts. And another thing that can also speak for your name is your character towards others.

Bitcointalk is a name. It is an identity and a brand. Like Bitcointalk, Tellarmachine is a brand. And, like a unique name for a stylishly branded Bitcoin-talker, Tellarmachine is very much open for scrutiny. This is so because iam not only a Newbie but a username user.

It is true. Everything you said. Very much lessons to learn. This is exactly how to put pen to paper. Exactly how to speak words out of mouth. Sorry, bro, for I have no merits to offer you. But, pray we both have some day. Ride on like horse man with Newbie me on the front rolls, bro.

What's the meaning of a name if our actions, post quality, and mindset can't make us better. Many users use random names they like, including me (Falconer). But choosing the right name can raise a good spirit, this is a personal feeling that I have had so far.

There is a unique impression behind a username, but of course it will not determine reputation. As DdmrDdmr said, I agree:

What matters most is how you leave impact to the other forum members because you are good enough and you can be a trusted quality poster. If that what is seen on you, no matter how stupid your username sounded, you will always leave a good image and that people will always look up to you as someone who’s name is highly reputable.

Whatever you let other people see from you, from the type of posts you make and how you make it more meaningful and significant to others, that will build your identity from them. If you are good and a reputable one, your image will stay that way even if you created a shit username. Usernames are just seen outside from you, but what is more relevant is how you build your own image out from your username.

A username is just a username and nothing is new about it unless if that name make a change just like how Satoshi made Bitcoin and contribute to this forum and all other developers. Once you make a name it won't matter as long as you contribute and share your ideas or help this forum and other members to learn what they wanna learn.

You will be noticed once you with the members problem/question just like how the guy wrote hold to "HODL" or the 10,000 BTC pizza. That's just an example of some members who got noticed while others got noticed by doing the bad way such as scamming, trolling, shit posting and many more.

A nice username isn’t good enough, you have to make more of it and build your own positive identity through posting quality and meaningful posts that can be of so much help to the rest of the forum members. Once you do that, you are safe from negative criticisms, because they will always see you as more of an asset in the forum than just being a plain member that has done nothing good enough for others.

Yea, you can literally have a username like 0xbj23s and it wouldn't really matter. Also thanks to the merit system, people can easily see how sort of helpful you are without needing to dig through your past posts.

each member may have a reason why they are using the current username and there may be some history of the username being used.

However, about the username that I used at the beginning of the account creation, it only refers to my first name and is combined with some numbers so that the username is available ( taufik123 ). and almost all crypto accounts that I created use that username.

Actually free to use any username, because the most important thing is how well we contribute to the forum so as to build a positive view on the username used and widely known by forum members.

Some of the current top member usernames look unique and not the same as other members.
like the current list of most merit owners
https://i.postimg.cc/k44kmB29/user1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/JhK9vb4P/user2.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/9fc6LxVD/user3.jpg

never found the same username before, it was completely original and became their permanent identity.

I agree that we are better to choose a username that has a good meaning. A good username can trigger people to think positively, while a bad username probably makes people think negatively.

However, a username doesn't always reflect how the owner of that account is. They choose a username with different purposes. Some members may choose a username as a reflection of their nature, quality, or integrity. But others probably don't care about the meaning of their account username, they choose it randomly since they think it is not really important. While a few members choose a strange, unique, unusual, or controversial username. They expect to get people's attention instantly.

In conclusion, don't judge newbies whether they are good or bad based on their username only. Check what they have done on our forum through their post history, it is the right way to determine the quality/integrity/characteristics of a member.

Their is nothing bad using your real name as your bitcointalk username. We should know that our names brings luck to what we do, but went ahead to choose a name that they don't know the meaning and tomorrow they will start having a bad luck, bitcointalk forum many users don't know the full meaning of what they choosing as a name ànd they only choose to be opportuned to register for bitcointalk firum but it's not right. That is why some remain adamant with growing because the luck of the name they have chosen

This does not goes only for newbies but for everyone in the forum. Our usernames are the sole reflection of what we are in the forum and what we can be by then. So as much as possible, never ruins your own name through posting unnecessary topics because that will not make you reputable in the future. Do what is best and what is right, so you can always be an asset and can be very functional in the forum.

Having a fine username is cool that one or more forum member may like bit mame don't really matter,  what the forum is after from members are members that can share meaningful information about bitcoin in the forum and members who will stand to the rules of the forum..name is not the most important, what matters is what one can offer to the forum.

The most valuable aspect of your life in this forum is not judged by the username you answer or the position you occupy, the talent you possess, the influence or power you command in the forum, intellectual ability about crypto, or managerial skills, but by the kind of personality you display in the forum will tell and cover if your username sounds odd.
The username serves as easy identification. It is not used as an attestation for someone but rather it's the integrity of the person is what people look at before any other thing

Yes that is true but not at that, that good name is hard to earn, as for me it is easy but not easier. Because one's character also portray a good reputation for the person. It you obey the rules and follow all the norms in the Society, platform and Society then people within your house will protect your dignity, reputation before even before yourself. One Personal respect is the major things before others. How does he do things when dealing with others means a lot to his or her reputation life. That is why most campaign managers enter the net bad name because of the way they deal with people from the campaigns.

Good name build an individual life, village, Society, and community in the sense that, is this person from this family? Village? Society or community? Just like a Novel. "Ebiakpo the Orphan Boy". Because of Ebiakpo good character the whole community was blessed. So if one has good name, he or she blesses many within. Good name always start from the childhood like from 4 years plus. That is newbies in the forum should behave well to have good name

When you say the integrity of the person. My question is which person? You don't know the person, so it is the username that represents the person. That is why the username is so important. Account like LoyceV has plenty of integrity, but if he hands over his accounts to me, all the integrity that is attached to his account is transferred to me. That is why I agree that it is important to protect your username because it is the username that represents you. No wonder it cannot be easily changed.

I think we should put real name in this forum and we should make our brand by own research.

Placing one’s real name on the forum’s profile, whilst not being evidence of the person being whom he says he is, is not a good idea in general terms. Having people being able to be linked to bitcoins (et all) by their real name is just calling for trouble, be it with their IRS, their government (in some countries), or any ruffian that seeks an opportunity to try to get some crypto off from a given person, be it through social engineering, or worse still, linking data here and there and paying that person a visit with a 5$ (6$ by now) wrench as a companion.

I saw this post of yours being shared on "wall of fame/shame" (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4564216.msg60751289#msg60751289) and I thought I share your post with you and how you contradict yourself. so I am curious, which really is it? do we share our real name as our "brand" as you suggested(which compromises our privacy) or do we protect our privacy from scammers by hiding our identity from them as much as possible?
 

Username can be a Symbol that can be better known by the majority of forum users if it can make a good contribution to the forum. who doesn't recognize JayJuanGee (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=252510), DdmrDdmr (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1582324), mprep (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=51173), The Pharmacist (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=487418), fillippone (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1852120), Welsh (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=84521), LoyceV (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=459836) and Rikafip (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2658890), But I'm not belittling other names who have contributed to the Bitcointalk forum.

It is highly recommended for Newbies to use a user name that is familiar in real life, because the goal is to make it easier for other users to recognize you when you are outside the forum. A good name who has made a good contribution to the forum will have a positive impact on your social media accounts, such as Twitter, Telegram and You Tube. Other users who are fans of you will follow you because you are considered a good motivator for them.

Username don't speak loud, but your actions and activities will tell what truly you are. In the real life i have seen people who bear names that are not good to be called,  but their lifestyle is still better than what they answer.  People bear good names but still not good. Name don't matter,  what matters is the character one present to the forum.

that's right, never use a name that is too strange in this forum, because that is your identity,

don't fake your own identity, because this is a discussion forum, at least you should know each other,

to be clearer when interacting.

On a forum such as this, our usernames and our words is what we hold and its that unique to every individual. It's the first thing people see and it speaks of reputation through the forum. Reason why account trading is discouraged because, the reputation on the username which must have been hard built would is still there but not uphold.

On the contrary, the forum is not the real world is it? Hence, your activities is a reflection of what could be of that real world. As a newbie or beginner in general, you have a choice to choose a part that would speak well of your person in the real world as the forum is a direct extension of the world.

Truth be Hold, thy Holy Grail, thy way out of Trouble, Thy Road to Salvation.
all in all i say it certainly shed light for me on what i have been doing wrong across other Forums.

As soon as I learned about the Bitcointalk forum, I wanted to create an account. I had the name Bigdaddy in mind, but someone had already used it to create an account before me, and I liked it, so I added a H to create an account. There are a lot of people with unusual names on this forum, I mean Names do have a short-term impact, but when you consider a person's work, you reward or compensate him based on that effort, not on his name.