The Reason why you chose your username

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I've always associated numbers on usernames to believe those numbers mean something special to the users. Sometimes I believe it could be the user's date of birth, wedding date, date they got something uplifting, etc.

I remember the early days of using e-mail and having usernames on crap like AOL chat rooms (which I was a fan of back in the day nevertheless).  My thought is that if you're joining a site like this one where your screen name is basically your face, you really ought to put some thought into creating one that's memorable and perhaps clever. 

That's if you care about the forum or any other website or service where you need a username.  When I see really, really generic usernames that look like every other one here, I immediately get the impression that that member doesn't really want to be here to contribute and interact with others on a personal level.  Look at some of the more famous members, the ones with big personalities who've perhaps made friends here or have had feuds or whatever: a lot of them have pretty un-generic handles.  Vod, OgNasty, TECSHARE, Phinneas Gage, TMAN, Lauda all fit that category.

Anyway, blah blah blah.  I picked my name because....just take a guess.

And now I want to change it, but Theymos is turning his hairy ear to my pleas for lenience.  Maybe if my name was (The)(cool)Cryptovator he might let me.  I'm not bitter.  I'm really not.

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Anyway, blah blah blah.  I picked my name because....just take a guess.

And now I want to change it, but Theymos is turning his hairy ear to my pleas for lenience.  Maybe if my name was (The)(cool)Cryptovator he might let me.  I'm not bitter.  I'm really not.

Speaking of AOL, I remembered those early days of spams that were mainly pharmaceutical, such as enlargement pills. Now it's about those lost princes and business proposals.

You could always drop the 50 BTC into his account if you really want a change that badly

Yes I know nobody ain't casually donating 50 BTC, let alone 0.5

[Mpamaegbu]

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Anyway, blah blah blah.  I picked my name because....just take a guess.

Make it two guesses and I will have a gander –
                 1. You chose it after your profession.
                 2. You picked it, unrelated to what
                      you're but, as one who could make
                      prescriptions for the malady that
                      was in the forum of shitposts and
                      scams when you joined.

And now I want to change it, but Theymos is turning his hairy ear to my pleas for lenience.

You do really want to change it? I think The Pharmacist sounds better than Chymist, frankly.

[Asiska02]

Actually, my name served as the inspiration for my username decision. It's merely a shortened version of my full name, which I've gone by since high school. There is nothing more to the suffix tied to it; it is simply a number that I frequently use in the majority of my accounts.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

When I first came to the forum one thing that marveled me was  the different usernames displaying. Then I asked my friend and he told me that, it is to hide identity.

And a thought came to me that even though it is to hide identity and they chose the name, there must be a reason of selecting that username.

So, why do you chose that username?

LoL, its a funny question i must say, but maybe interesting some how...
My username "Fivestar" was a name i choosed during my music career days, yeah, i was into music back then and that was when i chosed "Fivestar" as my stage name knowing that five stars is the highest rating a service or person can get when the service or person performs as well as expected, i thought myself good enough for that rating and that was how the name "Fivestar" stock .

Unfortunately, after over three years without making any headways in my music, a new music company( a recording label ) was launched with the name FiveStar Music, the company owners were billionaires and Fivestar music didnt take time to become very popular due to heavy promotion and the company signing already popular musicians into the label.

Keeping that stage name became impossible for me since if i ever manage to become popular with my music, people will think i got the idea of the name from the music company and the music company might even sue me for maybe copyright infringement.
I later gave up doing music but still wanted to keep my stage name since it one i personally love, but now, i wanted it to look a bit different from the actual already popular music company, that was how i decided to add the "4ever" which turned it to "Fivestar4ever", i later wanted to add something that will resemble a surname, i searched for something that would have good meaning but very short since "Fivestar4ever" was already long enough, that was when the idea of "MVP" ( which simply means Most Valuable Personnel) came in and i decided to stick it in..

This was how "Fivestar4everMVP" came about, the username was not born out of trying to hide my identity, ive had this name way long before i joined this forum, i used this same username on almost all my social account like
Facebook
Twitter
Telegram
Instagram
etc.

[PX-Z]

Yeah, every username i've come up in any website is about my likings in any anime series or movies nothing personal related. This one is related to one piece movie, every one piece fan should know about it, so i dont need to explain or give details about it

[KingsDen]

I have seen a similar post in reputation where it was advised not to judge a user by their choices of username. I seriously disagreed on that opinion, I was of the opinion that usernames are not chosen randomly, there must be a reason for choosing a particular username, unless for bounty hunter account farmers.
Though LoyceV gave me reasons to agree that usernames might have no connection to the user's mindset to the forum.

People chose usernames for themselves depending on their mindset to the forum or their particular mood when signing up in the forum.

Don't underestimate the power of desperation, when all the good names are taken already.

Why I brought this matter is that there was a good poster who recently got alot of red tags by name AnotherAlt. It appears that this user had more than two accounts, so when he was creating the 3rd or the 4th, he possibly ran out of ideas and decided to use "AnotherAlt ", which in a real life was certainly another alt

[Oluwa-btc]

Anyway, blah blah blah.  I picked my name because....just take a guess.

And now I want to change it, but Theymos is turning his hairy ear to my pleas for lenience.  Maybe if my name was (The)(cool)Cryptovator he might let me.  I'm not bitter.  I'm really not.

 You want your favorite moniker all because, you did Pure Chemistry way back College 
 Can't really say bout " The Pharmacist " but, " The Chymist " ? From the Chemistry PhD bagged ? Could be.  Hopefully Big T listens to your plight.

[Gallar]

When I first came to the forum one thing that marveled me was  the different usernames displaying. Then I asked my friend and he told me that, it is to hide identity.

And a thought came to me that even though it is to hide identity and they chose the name, there must be a reason of selecting that username.

So, why do you chose that username?

not all of them use fake names, there are also those who use real names, but the character of the word and the writing is slightly different.

And the reason why so many people use pseudonyms? maybe because of the security of their privacy in the real world,
because not a few people are afraid to give their original data,
and that is a legitimate freedom in my opinion.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

1. You chose it after your profession.               

Ding ding ding!  As I was wracking my pea brain, trying to come up with a username I decided on either "A Pharmacist" or "The Pharmacist", and it was a close race.  Using "The" sounded egotistical to me, as if there wouldn't be another pharmacist on the forum (there's at least one that I know of, because he PMed me a few years ago and we started up a discussion about PIVX.  Turned out he's pretty arrogant, and I just stopped chatting with him).

You do really want to change it? I think The Pharmacist sounds better than Chymist, frankly.

Yes.  You're probably just too used to seeing my username to picture it being any different, and I'd probably think the same thing if the roles were reversed.  I never think of pharmacist and chemist as being synonymous, because in the US they're not.  The Sceptical Chymist was a great piece of old science from Robert Boyle, published in 1661, and chymist in that sense doesn't refer to someone who works in a pharmacy.  I guess that's how they spelled chemist back then, and it's funny to think of a present-day college student saying "Goddamn it, I flunked organic chymistry!!" (a not uncommon utterance for many who take it).

[Mpamaegbu]

Keeping that stage name became impossible for me since if i ever manage to become popular with my music, people will think i got the idea of the name from the music company and the music company might even sue me for maybe copyright infringement.

That's an ouch moment there! How the tables turned and the story of how the hunter became the hunted. It's really sad when things we ought to have done right turn to hurt us in future. A simple registration with CAC (Corporate Affairs Commission) would've secured the name for you and even placed you in a better position of bargain that would've fetched you millions if you decided to give up your username for that new company. Anyway, I hope you learnt your lesson on how to secure patent for any stuff you need to keep, going forward.

1. You chose it after your profession.              

Ding ding ding!  As I was wracking my pea brain, trying to come up with a username I decided on either "A Pharmacist" or "The Pharmacist", and it was a close race.

Lemme go'an have a drink to celebrate this accurate guess of mine! It's worth celebrating 🏃‍♂️

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Keeping that stage name became impossible for me since if i ever manage to become popular with my music, people will think i got the idea of the name from the music company and the music company might even sue me for maybe copyright infringement.

A simple registration with CAC (Corporate Affairs Commission) would've secured the name for you and even placed you in a better position of bargain that would've fetched you millions if you decided to give up your username for that new company. Anyway, I hope you learnt your lesson on how to secure patent for any stuff you need to keep, going forward.

You are the first person telling me this, and indeed, i learnt in a hard way, The truth of the matter is that I was totally ignorant, back then at the time, i knew nothing about CAC (cooperate affairs commission), the only CAC i knew then was a white garment church there in my area.
And when Fivestar music label came out, I actually didn't feel bad, because i lacked knowledge of what I have lost, it was until 2015 when a friend opened my eyes to the existence of CAC and how I should have registered the name if i cherished it as much, and maybe sell it if any big business showed interest in the name and is ready to pay in millions, he said i would have sold the name to the current Fivestar Music if there weren't willing to change to something else... The was when i started feeling bad about the whole thing, but I've gotten over it now and lesson is learnt - Indeed, people perish because they lack knowledge.

And now I want to change it, but Theymos is turning his hairy ear to my pleas for lenience.  Maybe if my name was (The)(cool)Cryptovator he might let me.  I'm not bitter.  I'm really not.

Yeah, dont be bitter, The Pharmacist sounds and feels really cool, i personally love it, and my guess is that Theymos finds the  username really interesting and that is why he would not give in to your request to change it, i mean if i was him(Theymos), i likely may also not allow you to change it

[BRINIRHA]

The username that I chose to use when registering on this forum is a name that comes from a fictional novel called ARKHYTIREMA but there are also those who think that the novel is a true historical story. The name BRINIRHA has a long history of the name of an important figure from the LEMURIAN Nation (the ancestor of the Sundanese tribe in Indonesia).

I use the name BRINIRHA because I like this fictional character.
because BRINIRHA is a kind mother who has given birth to a very strong and kind child named ARKHYTIREMA.

the word BRINIRHA is also derived from the ZHUNNDA language. And ZHUNNDA is language of the LEMURIAN NATION (IZLAN LEMURIA); The ORKADAR Cluster (PLANET LEMURIA). (that's what it says in the novel)

I took this name because I wanted to be a kind and loving person and also strong like a fictional character named BRINIRHA.

[Renampun]

When I first came to the forum one thing that marveled me was  the different usernames displaying. Then I asked my friend and he told me that, it is to hide identity.

And a thought came to me that even though it is to hide identity and they chose the name, there must be a reason of selecting that username.

So, why do you chose that username?

many people make their account names a pseudonym - just for fun - imaginary figure - or as a reminder of something important.

the name of the account that I currently use is the name of my second child (a girl) (even my daughter's name is a combination of my name and that of my partner).

[sunriseme]

never have I ever seen such cool pseudonyms as on this forum. I am happy to be here and the names I've seen here are awesome, as the people behind. As for my username, is just a boring and not interesting one that I chose two decades ago. I was actually out of ideas so just used this one. I am here to find news about coins, i am just a bored day trader

[Mpamaegbu]

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but I've gotten over it now and lesson is learnt - Indeed, people perish because they lack knowledge.

Good to know you've shaken off the hurt and moved on. Such is life. You win some, you lose some.

And now I want to change it, but Theymos is turning his hairy ear to my pleas for lenience.  Maybe if my name was (The)(cool)Cryptovator he might let me.  I'm not bitter.  I'm really not.

my guess is that Theymos finds the  username really interesting and that is why he would not give in to your request to change it

I think you do have a valid point in there on theymos' nonchalance towards TP's request for a name change. Again, coupled with the fact that a name change will completely take away anything that resembles the old name from it. If we look at the user in quote – (The)(cool)Cryptovator – we would discover that the said user's name change revolved around their old name, capitalization got changed to lowercase or the definite article "the" got dropped. How do we relate with "The Sceptical Chymist" being The Pharmacist 🤔

[aoluain]

Pretty simple — I chose my username simply because the 3 characters sort of relates to me in some way, but at the same time with it not giving away any details about my personal information. But really, I don't know why people on Bitcointalk sort of over-analyzes usernames; it's really not that important at all.

In general with my usernames outside of Bitcointalk though? I mostly just use random crap lol.

and I always thought it was car related, I always think of the Ford Escort mk4, particularly
the XR3i

[Ryu_Ar1]

Pretty simple — I chose my username simply because the 3 characters sort of relates to me in some way, but at the same time with it not giving away any details about my personal information. But really, I don't know why people on Bitcointalk sort of over-analyzes usernames; it's really not that important at all.

In general with my usernames outside of Bitcointalk though? I mostly just use random crap lol.

I want to be honest with you when I saw the username you used I actually remembered a Toyota Supra car which was actually being hunted in my country a few years ago lol.
But this is not an insult because indeed this is my opinion, don't be offended by it

1. You chose it after your profession.               

Ding ding ding!  As I was wracking my pea brain, trying to come up with a username I decided on either "A Pharmacist" or "The Pharmacist", and it was a close race.  Using "The" sounded egotistical to me, as if there wouldn't be another pharmacist on the forum.

In fact when I hear "The Pharmacist" seems more dominant and powerful than "A Pharmacist", at least this is what I have in mind and it is actually very good.

[LTU_btc]

I can say that I'm not most creative person and when I have to create username for account somehwere, it's not easy task for me. LOL, I have no idea how I will have to choose name for me children . When I signed up on Bitcointalk, I didn't wanted to use same username as I use somewhere else. Also, I didn't wanted to make username that would reveal too much personal information and my real name. So, I decided to signup as LTU_btc. LTU is short code of my country. Yeah, country of resisdence is personal information, but I don't consider it as very sensitive and it's not secret where I'm from. And btc, I think that I don't have to explain what it means...

[philipma1957]

my user name is my ebay name.

my ebay name dates to 2002 or 2003

so i wanted to establish i was legit and just matched me ebay name.

https://www.ebay.com/str/philipma1957computergearandmore

https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/philipma1957

you can see i was established on ebay as a good person so this helped me show I was good here.