HOW TO CHANGE NICKNAME?

[CRAIC]

How to change nickname?

What needs to be done for this?

How  did "The Pharmacist" become "The Sceptical Chymist"?  

There are no instructions anywhere about this. They change nicknames as they please. Or do they have any privileges for that?

[Solosanz]

Here, but don't expect too much he will change your username.

Q: I want to change my forum username. What should I do?
A: You can either donate 50 BTC to become a VIP or PM theymos asking to change your username (although he rarely accepts such requests nowadays).

[CRAIC]

(although he rarely accepts such requests nowadays).

This is the same as saying that the admin does not consider such applications at all.

It turns out that  "The Pharmacist" has a privelege for it? The admin chose him specifically and chose his application specifically.



And what about the rest of the people? Are they shit for the admin or something?

[nakamura12]

(although he rarely accepts such requests nowadays).

This is the same as saying that the admin does not consider such applications at all.

It turns out that  "The Pharmacist" has a priveleges for it? The admin chose him specifically and chose his application specifically.



And what about the rest of the people? Are they shit for the admin or something?

Nope, what you read is the answer to this question. It's not just him who's request to change display name in the forum got accepted. Royse request is also accepted and you can see that the nickname is now different. Even before, requests like change name isn't accepted easily since admin is busy and even the mods are busy with the forum and also don't forget about their daily lives outside the forum.

[tranthidung]

This is the same as saying that the admin does not consider such applications at all.

It turns out that  "The Pharmacist" has a privelege for it? The admin chose him specifically and chose his application specifically.

And what about the rest of the people? Are they shit for the admin or something?

Send 50 btc and buy the VIP membership, you can change your username by yourself.

Otherwise, contact theymos, and describe your reason why you want to change username. If reason is convincing, like for privacy, dox risk, theymos can approve it for you. With approval, in most cases, only display name changed, username remains the same. In very scarce cases, both username and display name will be changed.

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.

[CRAIC]

Send 50 btc and buy the VIP membership, you can change your username by yourself.

You must be crazy
 
"The Pharmacist" didn't pay any 50 bitcoins to become "The Sceptical Chymist"

This is some kind of money scam. Some users change their nicknames for free, while others have to pay 50 bitcoins? Are you seriously kidding?

[DYING_S0UL]

(although he rarely accepts such requests nowadays).

This is the same as saying that the admin does not consider such applications at all.

It turns out that  "The Pharmacist" has a privelege for it? The admin chose him specifically and chose his application specifically.

And what about the rest of the people? Are they shit for the admin or something?

Why don't you try that yourself then? Not only The Pharmacist but many users got their usernames changed. Not only that some OG member got custom titles (Those who passed away, left the forum or those who had a huge contribution to this forum).

If you need it so badly then ask theymos in PM or register another account. If you have a valid reasons for requesting username to be changed, he might consider.

[tranthidung]

You must be crazy
 
"The Pharmacist" didn't pay any 50 bitcoins to become "The Sceptical Chymist"

This is some kind of money scam. Some users change their nicknames for free, while others have to pay 50 bitcoins? Are you seriously kidding?

When I replied, I asked myself why this thread is self moderated. Now with your reply to me, plus your previous replies to others, and answers you received but did not read, you want to troll.

I don't feed the troll, so I quit this discussion.

[CRAIC]

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This procedure of nickname changing is a complete extortion for 50 bitcoins

[AB de Royse777]

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This procedure of nickname changing is a complete extortion for 50 bitcoins

Please have in mind that, it was at the time when 50 bitcoin was not even $50 value. These days there are nothing to pay to get the name change, or donation.

[tranthidung]

Please have in mind that, it was at the time when 50 bitcoin was not even $50 value. These days there are nothing to pay to get the name change, or donation.

Nowadays, forum no longer needs donation. So the only way for non-VIP users, is to send PM to theymos.

For grandfather old era VIP members, they can change usernames by themselves but most of VIP members already abandoned the forum.

[pawanjain]

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This procedure of nickname changing is a complete extortion for 50 bitcoins

Nobody said that you need to mandatorily pay 50 bitcoins. It's just one of the options.
The other option, as others have already mentioned, is to PM theymos which is the "free" option.
Although it's completely theymos' choice whether to accept your request or not.
May be you need to prove whether you are worthy of the name change.
The Sceptical Chymist was definitely worthy of it and got the request approved and you can try your luck too.

[tvplus006]

It turns out that  "The Pharmacist" has a privelege for it? The admin chose him specifically and chose his application specifically.

The admin will not fulfill your daily desires related to changing your nickname. Before asking the admin to change the nickname, you need to think about how good reasons you have for this. And I'm more than sure that The Pharmacist had good reasons for that.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

There is no need for making a request on changing ones username except if very important and there is enough reasons enough convincing to make such a request, just as it has already been said, there is no chance of having such request granted by hundred percent, if such is freely allowed, many will abuse it and become unpredictable by changing username like chameleon, i don't think its something one should bother about.

[uchegod-21]

(although he rarely accepts such requests nowadays).

This is the same as saying that the admin does not consider such applications at all.

It turns out that  "The Pharmacist" has a privelege for it? The admin chose him specifically and chose his application specifically.



And what about the rest of the people? Are they shit for the admin or something?

If the admin should approve all name  changes in the forum, it means his major job would be changing users names because endless messages will be flooding his DM.
If you have any special reasons of changing your username, feel free to pm him. In recent time he has changed the username of some users in the forum.

[Ojima-ojo]

I have not had that thought of changing my forum username for any reason, but then I have read on a few thread how some forum members have been able to change their username in the past and I think the process is not that hard I think with just a pm to the admin you can get a name change, although the time frame for your request to get processed is somewhat not certain it could take a long time to get through and it can comes through within seconds so timing in name change request is not subject to speculations. Only the admin have the final say.

[FinneysTrueVision]

When I joined the forum I didn’t know it was practically impossible to change your display name and wish I had chosen something different. I have only seen members that are high ranking and have a lot of trust have their name change approved so I’ve never bothered to send a request. I also don’t think disliking your name would be considered a valid reason.

[Edcrypto91]

When I joined the forum I didn’t know it was practically impossible to change your display name and wish I had chosen something different. I have only seen members that are high ranking and have a lot of trust have their name change approved so I’ve never bothered to send a request. I also don’t think disliking your name would be considered a valid reason.

Some people here have nickname and I have been looking for how to set my own in my profile but there is no option to set it and also there is no option to change your name in the profile settings so I think that to be able to change any of them one of the forum administrator needs to do it.
But is there any need to change your name apart from when you want to add a nickname ? Because it will not make a big difference since it's almost the same thing and people already know you with the former name.

[Ambatman]

Send 50 btc and buy the VIP membership, you can change your username by yourself.

You must be crazy
 
"The Pharmacist" didn't pay any 50 bitcoins to become "The Sceptical Chymist"

This is some kind of money scam. Some users change their nicknames for free, while others have to pay 50 bitcoins? Are you seriously kidding?

Their request was answered because they had a convincing reason and their impact on the forum speak for itself.
Busy, I  doubt Theymos would neglect a PM by a user That has really contributed to the forum and can be vested for by the public.
About the 50BTC is an option, and was created when Bitcoin was barely valuable and they haven't seen any reason to update it for reasons unknown.

If you plan on changing your Nickname Send a PM to Theymos and see how it goes

[hugeblack]

(although he rarely accepts such requests nowadays).

This is the same as saying that the admin does not consider such applications at all.

It turns out that  "The Pharmacist" has a privelege for it? The admin chose him specifically and chose his application specifically.


And what about the rest of the people? Are they shit for the admin or something?

The quote above goes back to 2014 and until 2018/2019 it was impossible to change your username and the only time it happened was a famous scam case where the member was trusted because @admin changed his/her username (I don't remember the link to the case but it is related to @atriz)
So until 2019 the quote was correct but in recent years many members changed their username, some of them are unknown so if you have a logical reason or related to privacy your username will be changed