Newbie! Protect your name, it is your brand

[Zlantann]

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 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 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.       
   

[AnotherAlt]

Another member stated that the reason why another member is not receiving enough merit was that his name AnotherAlt 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.

I already explained that on that thread;

If I should give you the benefit of the doubt and assume this is the only account you have here on Bitcointalk, then i would like to ask you why you choose such a username? unfortunately, usernames cannot be edited or changed.    

To be honest, I have another account Named Crypt0S0ul that was created back in 2020. Unfortunately, I was unable to post with that account because that account contained a few evil points. A Few weeks ago LoyceV helped me to get whitelisted my older account. Quoted below:

Hi! LoyceV, I have another account that was created back in September 2020.

If you post the username, I'll whitelist it.

Thank you. Username is Crypt0S0ul

I had created several accounts before paying the evil fees for this account. Unfortunately, I have forgotten the usernames. This was the last one and I was running out of ideas for usernames. So I choose AnotherAlt. The reason I paid the evil fees for this account: it was a small amount than other accounts which I also stated in LoyceV's Thread. Quoted below:

The tricky part: apart from including your Bitcointalk username, you'll need to convince me you deserve it. I know this sucks, and I hate jumping through hoops too. But it's the best I can do to help new Bitcointalk users without giving spammers a free pass.

Hey LoyceV! Could you please explain what the criteria to convince you are? I understand that you don't want everyone to give a free pass. But, How can I prove that I am innocent and have never done bad things there? I have created three accounts (Including this) so far, and every time my IP has contained some evil points. This time I have paid the evil fees to unlock my account. I mailed you a few days ago to open my other account, and you said you were not convinced. The reason I have unlocked this account is this account contained a little evil point. So it costs fewer fees. Please explain the criteria and how to convince you.

Choosing a suitable name is important because it might never be edited or changed

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
Display Name changed from "COOLCRYPTOVATOR" to "The Cryptovator" | Tnx Theymos

[Z-tight]

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.

[KellyHands]

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.

[tranthidung]

Actually, it can be edited if the admin does it for you.

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.

Each user has a display name, which is the only name ordinary users see, and a username, which is what you use to log-in with. Almost always, they are the same.

If I change a name for reasons of appearance, then I only change the display name. The username remains reserved, the user can still login using the username, PMs can still be sent to that username, "search member" allows searching for the old username, etc.

If I change a name for reasons of privacy, then I change both the username and the display name. In this case, it is possibly hazardous to reserve the old username, since it allows someone to test for the existence of that username, possibly defeating the privacy benefit. If you're worried about being impersonated, then simply don't seek to have your username changed.

[NeuroticFish]

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.

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.

There are some members in this forum that upholds excellence in their posts or other forum activities.

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.

[crwth]

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.

[mk4]

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).

[Morningstarr]

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.

[Alisha-k]

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

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

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

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.

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

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.

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

Choosing a suitable name is important because it might never be edited or changed.

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

[Majestic-milf]

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.

[DdmrDdmr]

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.

[348Judah]

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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.

[Cryptomultiplier]

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.

[hatshepsut93]

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.

[khaled0111]

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.

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.

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

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.

[lovesmayfamilis]

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.

[tranthidung]

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.

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
• The process can be the same as username / display name change

[Mpamaegbu]

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.

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.

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...

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

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.

I hate usernames that have obscenity well written over them.