http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: name change en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:21:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313377 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:13:03 +0000 neddie 313377@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@LivM</p> <p>Nooooooo...!</p> <p>I always read your username as "livid" (LivD) which sounds so much more angry at the world... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313360 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:39:34 +0000 chdot 313360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Wouldn't let me have LivM so I'm just Liv now.”</p> <p>Ah well, yes, but... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313358 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:22:38 +0000 LivM 313358@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wouldn't let me have LivM so I'm just Liv now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313357 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:19:07 +0000 LivM 313357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I should probably change mine. Not been D for a while... M for 4 years now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313279 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:18:43 +0000 chdot 313279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But you changed your name for a good reason! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313278 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:17:25 +0000 neddie 313278@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have been edd1e_h in the past... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313261 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:05:29 +0000 acsimpson 313261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you want to know who someone was then send them a pm. The username which pops into the recipient box appears to be the original registered username. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313260 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:51:33 +0000 HankChief 313260@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If so, who were you before?</p> <p>(P.s. I can see why chdot got upset with people rotating their names) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313258 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:49:25 +0000 stiltskin 313258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I bet he was stiltskin </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313257 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:18:48 +0000 unhurt 313257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But who were you before?!? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313250 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:25:09 +0000 miak 313250@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks Chdot i am now miak </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313246 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:50:26 +0000 bill 313246@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>In your profile select the 'Edit' button.</em></p> <p>Oh, indeed! Thanks! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313244 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:25:38 +0000 chdot 313244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“One poster has had the same name with minutely different spellings three or four times”</p> <p>That was the person trying to escape the ‘perpetual’ spam trap problem! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313242 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:21:19 +0000 gembo 313242@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One poster has had the same name with minutely different spellings three or four times</p> <p>I fancied changing to Too Much Gambo which was grafitti in Colinton tunnel - now gone. As indeed has all grafitti as of tonight. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313236 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:12:24 +0000 Arellcat 313236@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>a highly random basis.</em></p> <p>Not a bug, nor a feature, but mystique.</p> <p>Mods keep a lookout for spam-trapped posts and (usually) release as and when we find them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313232 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:27:57 +0000 chdot 313232@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“something similar happened to me on here a few weeks back when I posted a link to a survey which used google forms.”</p> <p>Nah, that was an automatic spam post stop. </p> <p>It objects to links (usually when more than one is posted) on a highly random basis. </p> <p><em>Might</em> have been because of google forms, but probably not. </p> <p>It kept happening to one person so often they re-registered (several times!)</p> <p>Enough to make anyone paranoid! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313231 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:21:53 +0000 chdot 313231@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“So is Simon is still posting about his network then?”</p> <p>No </p> <p>He eventually broke rule 2, so got banned. (Only banned person, so far. ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313230 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:11:33 +0000 urchaidh 313230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Only you could see things you’ve posted, but still assume that they are being publicly read.</em></p> <p>Sometime referred to as a 'shadowban' - something similar happened to me on here a few weeks back when I posted a link to a survey which used google forms. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313229 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:04:25 +0000 acsimpson 313229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"I have another superpower that I haven’t used for years.</p> <p>Can make it so that only posters see what they have posted!"</em></p> <p>So is Simon is still posting about his network then? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313227 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:43:10 +0000 chdot 313227@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“went a bit mad and started swapping usernames a few years ago”</p> <p>I have no memory of this!</p> <p>“do you mean”</p> <p>Neither.</p> <p>Only <em>you</em> could see things <em>you’ve</em> posted, but still assume that they are being publicly read. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313226 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:36:50 +0000 fimm 313226@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We (or some of us) went a bit mad and started swapping usernames a few years ago, until chdot got very slightly irritated and asked us to STOP IT NOW.</p> <p>chdot, do you mean you can keep anyone who isn't a member from seeing posts, or do you mean that I'd only be able to see my own posts and no-one elses? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313225 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:32:25 +0000 jdanielp 313225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can we have all of the current usernames reallocated at random?</p> <p>Or we could bid and donate the total to charity. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313224 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:21:55 +0000 dessert rat 313224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Irateaboutthatsaddle ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313223 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:16:16 +0000 chdot 313223@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have another superpower that I haven’t used for years. </p> <p>Can make it so that <em>only</em> posters see what they have posted! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313222 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:14:33 +0000 dessert rat 313222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>surely this is ripe for a user poll. Crowd sourced naming is very in at the moment.</p> <p>RagingMcRageFace ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313221 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:14:04 +0000 chdot 313221@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I CAN change anyone/everyone’s user name... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313220 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:12:46 +0000 chdot 313220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure I can do that. </p> <p>Suspect a visible name change is all that’s wanted(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313218 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:07:33 +0000 Arellcat 313218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In your profile select the 'Edit' button. There you can change your First name and Last name, and there's a dropdown menu from which you can select alternative display names based on First and Last. Not sure if you can change your username (that you use to log in) without chdot's help. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19804#post-313215 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:47:04 +0000 miak 313215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello admins can I/could i change my user name? </p>