Caeldom, but call me Dan.

Caeldom, but call me Dan.

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13 years ago @ ClintLalonde.net - Change usernames in yo... · 0 replies · +1 points

Same here, I used the username S1tHSL4y3r for all my online accounts, including delicious. Recently after considerable thought I decided I would abandon this name and choose a new, more user-friendly and better looking name. Which meant a lot of the social networking sites I had signed up for under the old one would have to be changed.

Twitter was the most flexible, allowing users to change their username and profile url as many times as they like. Facebook had a one-time username change which was good. Myspace states in their FAQ that username/profile url cannot be changed, however due to their latest feature MyspaceMail, a one-time change can be taken advantage of, by creating a MyspaceMail with your new username which updates your profile url. Unfortunately I could not do the same with my accounts on Youtube, Google, Skype, MyOpenID, Steam, DeviantArt etc; a new account had to be created.

The same applies with Delicious. The only workaround they offer is described in their FAQ, to create a new account, export everything from old and import into new. So in that respect, it's not as bad as rebuilding everything from scratch again. But still somewhat of a nuisance.