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Ask HN: Changing usernames

17 points by bbgm 17y ago

Hi folks Quick question. Around the time I was signing up for HN there were some OpenID related issues and I was unable to access the original account I created (with the handle that I use everyone else on the web). Ended up creating this account, which has worked, but it's always been strange seeing this handle up against my name because I don't use it anywhere else. Any suggestions on whom I could contact to merge the two and bring some balance to the Force?

davi 17y ago
email pg http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=374196 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=374196
- bbgm 17y ago
  Thanks. Will do
- kylec 17y ago
  I emailed pg with this request back in March - I got back a response saying that there wasn't a mechanism for changing a username. Though it would be nice if that has changed in the meantime.
  - falsestprophet 17y ago
    Once he explained that usernames were recorded in many different places and that it would be very difficult to change them all. Hacker News is great, but the software behind it makes me a little uneasy
    - mixmax 17y ago
      It's an experiment (written in arc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_(programming_language) and good experiments are supposed to push the boundaries and make you a little uneasy.
      - deleted 17y ago
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    - jrockway 17y ago
      But it's Lisp!!1!
auston 17y ago
Just create a new one - that's what I did: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nextmoveone http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nextmoveone --> http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=auston http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=auston