Do You Use The Same User Name In Other Internet Forums?

[Bartmanhomer]

I always use the same user name in all the internet forums that I go to. I know some people use a different user name for other reasons and stuff. So I'm asking everybody, do you use the same user name in other internet forums?

[Jack Squat]

I generally do use the same one. However, it does morph through time - so with this account being as old as it is, It's the only one I use Jack Squat under anymore.

My more recent accounts I use a different pseudonym, reflecting what was available at the time.

[Recherché]

I have a small pool of usernames I use based on what's available and occasionally when I don't want things to be connected together. For instance I don't particularly want my political views and pathfinder stuff associated together.

[Cockroach King]

I use different names if only because I'm overly paranoid and think someone would/could be tracking me.

[factotum]

I either use this or "d2factotum" on all forums I'm a member of except one, where I use my real name.

[Remmirath]

These days I do. I used to have a different username for every forum - or at least, every category of forums - that I signed up at, but it became annoying to keep track of, so about eight years ago I decided to just start using the same name everywhere. It's less of a hassle.

There are still one or two forums that I signed up at way back when which have different usernames, but most of those forums no longer exist at this point anyhow.

[sktarq]

its a pretty small pool.

usually involving a Greek or Roman historical/Mythical figure.

[Lissou]

I did, at the time I created this account. Since then, I've been using a different username, which I use everywhere, except here since my account predates that change.

[sleepy hedgehog]

I use the same name everywhere.
Then every few years choose a new name, and stop using my old ones.

[2D8HP]

Yes, I have used "2D8HP" elsewhere (if Dungeons & Dragons related) and also "Plumber" or something similar, as well as my first name.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I like using the same name, with some variations, on the places I frequent. It makes it feel more like an actual name than just a pseudonym.

[snowblizz]

As far as I am able to I do use the same "name". And yes it upsets me when someone has stolen my name. Way back in my IRC days I had registered my nick with the servers so cold always ge it even. Though used another nick then. There's a certain satisfaction of logging in, and being able to type some commands and get your name back.

I use different names if only because I'm overly paranoid and think someone would/could be tracking me.

You aren't paranoid. They *are* tracking you. And having a different name on a forum doesn't stop it in the least. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple... and a number of much less savoury dataminers all keep tabs on as much as possible about you. You may change your screen name but the identifying information of your phone or computer is less easy to erase. The only way to really do it is to get a very opaque VPN and pray they won't let the people who really wants to to track you.

I'm sadly not neither joking nor trying to scare.

[TerrickTerran]

On a few other forums.

[Comrade]

I think I used it on one other forum I happened to frequent around the same time I made this account. I haven't used it since, though, and probably wouldn't choose this username if I were making my account now. Too many people getting the notion that I'm some kind of godless socialist.

[Narkis]

I used to, but I stopped after becoming worried about being doxed. This is the last forum where I'm still active with this nickname. I still use it for most games though.

You aren't paranoid. They *are* tracking you. And having a different name on a forum doesn't stop it in the least. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple... and a number of much less savoury dataminers all keep tabs on as much as possible about you. You may change your screen name but the identifying information of your phone or computer is less easy to erase. The only way to really do it is to get a very opaque VPN and pray they won't let the people who really wants to to track you.

I'm sadly not neither joking nor trying to scare.

Personally I'm resigned to them knowing everything about me. As you said, not much you can do without heading off the deep end with VPN, TOR, and the like. But keeping usernames (and emails) different is the bare minimum to stop some random internet psycho from discovering where you live and stalking you, threatening your family or phoning your job to get you fired. This is a far more plausible threat to my wellbeing than a corporation sending me targeted adds.

[Tyndmyr]

I use this one on a few forums and different thingies, solely because lazy.

I've started branching out, though. Reddit and spacebattles both have different usernames. I figure variety helps protect me from the inevitable data breach, and shared username/password combos result in a small hassle turning into a large hassle.

Obviously anything financial/professional has always had different credentials.

[ForzaFiori]

I use this essentially everywhere (including occasionally in real life - it was originally a nickname), with the obvious exception of things I need to be secure or require other things, like at banks, school, work, etc. It also helps that it's fairly unique, so I think the only time I wasn't able to get "ForzaFiori" exactly as my username is my email account. Apparently once you get to the level of users that google has, there's finally more than one person wanting to be called ForzaFiori.

[Reslain]

I try to use this nickname in other forums and the like, and it's almost always possible.

[Xania]

No, there are not a lot of sites where i have an account but my username is different in all of them.

[Kyrell1978]

Mostly yes, but there are a few exceptions.

[dps]

Pretty much use "dps" on all the forums I post on, except Consimworld (where I use my actual name) and a couple where "dps" was already taken when I registered.

[JMS]

I use JMS on most stuff, assuming I didn't register much earlier. It's a shortening of my first name, and also my initials

[RandomNPC]

Outside of the info stalking Google and the Five Eyes countries do (look it up, dystopian neato, if I do say so myself) I feel safe enough saying nobody is going to casually find to many of my accounts unless they're paying for the info. I know it can be done, just not super casually.

That being said, I know people who have the same name everywhere, and have even been sent credit card offers to get a "Doing business as" card with their online name on it.

I used to want to be known as the same thing everywhere, dunno what changed it.

[Kato]

Mostly, or more often this with an addition of 86 for my birth year especially in places where Kato is taken. Once in a while I come across a place where I need to further change it (e.g. steam) but in general if you want to stalk me search for Kato86. But I don't know why anyone would want to do this.

[Velaryon]

I've recycled usernames a few times, but I think this is the only place where I use Velaryon.

[Get]

This one is entirely new. But then I don't do forums that much, outside of reddit, and I've lost quite a few passwords to that one, and changed username as a consequence.

[Vizzerdrix]

Never. Always something completely different.

[austinhubbard]

I had stopped using my old username because many people started using. So, I started using different usernames on different internet forums. I think this seems to be good and I have a list of usernames I used for different forums. I love participating in discussions to learn some different kinds of stuff that I'm unfamiliar with.

[LaZodiac]

There is like a 90% chance that if you see a LaZodiac it is me.

[FaerieGodfather]

I use this handle on forums and my real name (Viktyr) on Discord.