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How attached are you to your username?
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Some people call me by my username ("reiver") when they meet me in person.
To me, it is as much my name as my given-names are.
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When I consider signing up for a new platform โ if my preferred username isn't available, I often won't join.
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Which never used to be a problem โ as it is an obscure English word using its archaic spelling โ
But, there are a lot more people on the Internet now, than there were two or more decades ago. So sometimes it gets taken by someone else.
That's so cool, like your name.
Should change the last part to "Reremouseman" though, to stick with the theme :)