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Is it possible to change your username? -- **Answered**

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biggreentom
biggreentom Posts: 22
edited June 2015 in Off Topic

Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to change your username on here?  I set this account up a while ago and have since setup accounts on YouTube and Instagram as BBQ Tom.  I'd love to change my username here to that but when I edit my profile it won't let me and I can't see contact info for who to ask.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

BBQ Tom on most social media - Instagram - YouTube
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    edited June 2015
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    No, but luckily you only have 14 posts here, so you don't really have anything vested. Make a new account with new name.
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • stemc33
    stemc33 Posts: 3,567
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    You've only got 14 post. Just abandon it and start over. I wish it was an option though. I just picked part of my email when I signed up because it's frustrating coming up with usernames for everything. didn't think I'd be that active on the forum 
    Steven
    Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter, 
    two cotton pot holders to handle PS
    Banner, Wyoming
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  • biggreentom
    biggreentom Posts: 22
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    Thanks for the quick responses guys!  I had such a hard time getting my account active on here that I'm weary to try and get a new account activated.  I think I'll just keep the username.  I setup links in my signature pointing to my IG and YT accounts.  It's not like I am famous and need to maintain a "brand"  :)
    BBQ Tom on most social media - Instagram - YouTube
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  • stemc33
    stemc33 Posts: 3,567
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    In all reality though, it should be something the forum allows. I mean think about it, in today's world people can change everything and anything about themselves. You can always call the civil rights people to help you out. 
    Steven
    Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter, 
    two cotton pot holders to handle PS
    Banner, Wyoming
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  • stemc33
    stemc33 Posts: 3,567
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    Nuthin worser than a snobby Ceramic Kookin' Club keeping an honest BBQing guy down. 
    Steven
    Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter, 
    two cotton pot holders to handle PS
    Banner, Wyoming
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
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    Go ahead and try another account. The first time I signed up here it was taking forever. I tried signing up again with a different username etc, and it only took a day to get approved and active.  The approval process seems to be quite variable. 
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
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  • BBQ_Tom
    BBQ_Tom Posts: 7
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    Setting up a new account took a lot less time this go around.  Now, how do I delete my old one?  :)


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  • biggreentom
    biggreentom Posts: 22
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    Hey @Jeepster47, you're a big jerkface.  Like that?  ;)
    BBQ Tom on most social media - Instagram - YouTube
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    No, not truthfully descriptive names ... geez.  There have been a couple recently that went way over the top into pornographic posts and name calling.   

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,114
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    biggreentom said:
    Hey @Jeepster47, you're a big jerkface.  Like that?  ;)
    No, thats true.  You need to lie too.
    They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    biggreentom said:
    Hey @Jeepster47, you're a big jerkface.  Like that?  ;)
    No, thats true.  You need to lie too.
    You ... get back to work! 

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • BBQ_Tom
    BBQ_Tom Posts: 7
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    What did I start?  LOL

    Instagram - YouTube
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    I say we flag the sh*t out of the @BBQ_Tom account and get it deleted so he has to go back to the @biggreentom account.
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  • BBQ_Tom
    BBQ_Tom Posts: 7
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    That wouldn't be very nice. Especially since all the other cool names, like @Legume, are already taken.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    biggreenlegume is probably available
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    fwiw, I have/had a touch of screen name remorse as well, when I picked legume it was my third try at getting an account setup and I was tired of trying to be creative.  like saying a word over and over again, it's now lost all of it's original meaning for me.  my name is meaningless.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,114
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    @Legume when I read your posts I imagine a butter bean talking to me.
    They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    not sure if you mean this...




    or this...

    I guess that's a fail either way.

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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 894
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    Hmmm. How many of us have more than one account? Sort of a Clark Kent / Superman bi-polar Stephen King / Richard Bachmann thing?

    I admit it, this is my nom-de-plume, I'm actually someone else much more interesting on my other I.D.

    Indianapolis, IN

    BBQ is a celebration of culture in America. It is the closest thing we have to the wines and cheeses of Europe. 

    Drive a few hundred miles in any direction, and the experience changes dramatically. 



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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
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    DieselkW said:
    Hmmm. How many of us have more than one account? Sort of a Clark Kent / Superman bi-polar Stephen King / Richard Bachmann thing?

    I admit it, this is my nom-de-plume, I'm actually someone else much more interesting on my other I.D.
    As long as you don't hold conversations with your two screen names, remember the mike troll and his alter egos.
    Phoenix 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    I'm not actually sure.  Legume was the third account I tried to setup, I can't remember now what the other names were and I never got notification, so I assume they never got created but I guess I have no way of knowing.  I wonder how many accounts there are with zero posts - could be phantom accounts or really deep lurkers.
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    This was my third try as well, thus the stupid name...

    if I can remember them, I'm going to check the other two. 
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  • jls9595
    jls9595 Posts: 1,533
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    I wish I were creative, I just used my initials and my favorite number, twice for some reason.
    In Manchester, TN
    Vol For Life!
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