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Can you change your name without creating a new account? (lazysoci.al)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I chose mine hurriedly and I'm not a fan

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Big fan here, I like it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey yeah, it's fun, it's anonymous, it's got personality. I would absolutely keep it

I don't think there's any way to change your name yet; the fediverse is still growing in terms of QOL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you that's really nice. The nice poster above told me I could change my display name, so I get to play with all sorts of names!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You can change your display name, but not the username.
Then again, you can always just make a new account and transfer your subscriptions and settings (but not your post/comment history).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks mate so if I change my display name people wouldn't see my username? Cos I see people's full usernames on their comments.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most users haven't set a display name. Look at mine, though: You should see ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 rather than Nemo. The former is my display name (emoji letters) and the latter is my username (plaintext).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks Nemo that's even better! Now I get to play with names lots!