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For a while I was using the same username for everything, but recently I've been trying to mix it up.

Context: Currently picking my new username for Signal and I'm not sure what to put. I don't want spam, and I use Signal for privacy, but I could also do something nice. First name? Randomly generated?

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[–] person@lemm.ee 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I pick something that describes me but isn't too specific

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Nicely done.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Been using it since the 20th century, and it's never taken by anyone else.

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’m going to start stealing your username on all new sites so you’ll have to be like Rhyn0plaz

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago
[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Same. Had it since BBSs were a thing. No one else has ever created an account with it either. It’s irritating when a service requires #s in the username field. Don’t find those often and I don’t usually stick around.

[–] trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I used to trust a lot of things, but then i stopped

[–] BunnyKnuckles@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

I'm glad you can still trust Noone. Whoever they are.

[–] cloudless@feddit.uk 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Cloud" is the name of my first love.

[–] itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Peak graphics literally we won't ever be able to surpass it!

[–] EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 9 months ago

Mine accurately describes me

[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I usually go for a play on words

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Last week on lan party friend named himself Fu-King-Sheep.

"Who is fucking sheep?"

"I hope that nobody is fucking sheep"

He had something like this every game.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If you haven't done it yet, next time set your name to Your Daddy.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 9 months ago

I don't want spam

Well I know what I want, so I ask for it in the username.

[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's a concept in Japanese martial arts that I read in a book by Takuan Soho.

Wiki:

Fudōshin (Japanese: 不動心) is a state of equanimity or imperturbability (literally and metaphorically, "immovable mind",[1] "immovable heart"[2] or "unmoving heart"). It is a philosophical or mental dimension to Japanese martial arts which contributes to the effectiveness of the advanced practitioner.

I was training in Jujutsu and kenjutsu at the time and the concept clicked. I know it sounds very 'weeb' but it was an epiphany and quite profound for me at the time.

There's a Shingon Buddhist deity that encapsulates the concept too and he holds a sword to cut through ignorance and delusion.

There're some related concepts like Mushin that come together with marital arts.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

That's really cool, thank you for sharing :)

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 6 points 9 months ago

I created this account to ask about curves.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It came to me in a dream. I don't know what it means.

[–] drem@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

It helps to have a favorite band whose logo is related to your hobby

[–] alucard@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago

Hellsing fan yo

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I just use my password.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 4 points 9 months ago

I'vr used https://www.name-generator.org.uk/ before. Worked well enough.

I'm weird and generally people think I'm an idiot

[–] tissek@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

My default is the first name I gave to myself before I even was in first class.

When I need something else or temporary I just slap together some words.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Some leather men called me this at pride and it stuck

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I generally just use my name

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[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago
[–] chaosppe@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Be edgy and random

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Assuming the name has no real use or meaning, I'll often "blur" the site into a similar/related word, and possibly do that a couple of times. For instance, Signal becomes singer, becomes your favorite singer. Or signal becomes noise, becomes Public Enemy. Bonus points if I can bring it back to a pun

[–] Sacabambaspis@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Something I was really into at one particular moment.

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[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I try to make it as short as possible because it looks cool to me

[–] cuntonabike@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I used to ride a motorbike like a cunt. Tried to be descriptive.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

It's my actual name. Anonymity is an illusion.

[–] frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

mine is just a shortened version of freedom fighter

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

A username I used from other sites.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Ethereal_tuberat

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

I spent 5 minutes coming up with a xbox360 username as a kid based off games I recently payed. Good enough to last me my entire life.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Don't wanna dox myself but mine was my favorite character in a video game and my favorite band. That combination was never taken in anything.

[–] Donut@leminal.space 2 points 9 months ago

I like donuts

[–] bia@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It's meaningful to me, and meaningless to the internet.

[–] ProbablyNotQualified@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I had a plan that'd I'd comment on random things i came across and give a really convincing but incorrect take on it. Never got around to it.

[–] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Well let's be real, anyone who's had them has tried this. As someone who does this often I must say it was difficult to type my username

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I never use the same username across systems. That would make correlation way too easy.

[–] morgin@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

i imagine you won’t have an issue with spam in signal considering the .## they add to every username.

But in general the more distinct it is the less likely you’ll have someone nagging you.

If you want to avoid building a footprint of similar usernames my favorite is just switching out some letters (o’s to u’s or a’s to e’s stuff like that) or taking out specific letters entirely (ex: ottr)

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Was called it a lot as a kid, I took it and made it my own. Now it let's me know who to block when someone has literally nothing left to their argument that they have to resort to using my username as an insult.

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