I use this UN basically everywhere. Here is no different.

I…uh, went with a classic.

New one I wanted a something that would make me look like the "cream of the crop"

I was pretty hyped to snag “daddy”

I decided on a totally new name. New place, new name

New name for me. I figured what the hell, new community new name.

New one. My 13 year old account has a stupid name and got banned for absolutely nothing.

I used to have to use an underscore in my name so I'd say I upgraded lol

New one. And i had an extremely scientific observational method for coming up with it.

This is one of three nicks I use all over the web. One for social media, one for shooters, and one for MMOs.

So yeah, kept my /u/ from Reddit.

It was a chance to get the username I wanted. More importantly, I'm loving the more free use of profile pictures. I can actually recognise people visually now instead of everyone looking like much the same snoo.

Changing usernames and/or deleting mature accounts can be an approach to privacy that may be useful. Tracking algorithms from huge tech companies might be sophisticated enough to identify you anyway with information like public IP/location and browsing habits, plus who knows what else.
Nevertheless, I still change usernames frequently.

Reused...but this time with all the vowels. I am here for no character limit. Or at least more characters than reddit allowed.

Completely new name, I had like, 10 reddit accounts, I'd make a new one every year to avoid anyone potentially stalking me

New.

I couldn’t resist starting with a new one that always makes me giggle.

Same one, I use this username on way more platforms than just reddit so why change!

New name. Old name was a wayy different me anyways

I did not. Sometime last year I changed my username to this across all platforms, but Reddit wouldn't let me change it.

Same. It has sentimental value so I wanted to keep it.

My Reddit name pre dates Reddit by more than a few years. It will outlast Reddit if I have my way.

Used the same username. I am envisioning a future in wherein whenever somebody needs to search up something on Google in regards to some tech issue/opinion, instead of putting "best gaming laptop 2023 reddit", they will instead search "best gaming laptop 2023 kbin"

Went with a new one. Still sci-fi inspired but wanted that "fresh start" feel

New one. My reddit one is from over a decade ago. While most of my online stuff is using that ancient name, I've started using a few more since then. Granted I'm re-using one of my newer names, but still

I'm using a new one. I like a change!

New username, I saw that the name of the protagonist from one of my favorite books was available and so I POUNCED on it :)

New. My reddit one wasnt well thought out and plenty of names available in the fediverse.

This is a new one. I thought it'd be a great chance to come up with some cool new name but I feel kinda "meh" about it.

I use a different user name on every site these days. Not that UberMegaDataAIBot can't track me if it tries, but I don't need to make it easy for it.

New. I didn't need to consult some name generator this time to find something I liked. I thought about getting something crude but I'm going to be using this account for quite a while so I chose this.

I'm using the name I would've used had it not been taken.

Yes, but no. It's inspired by my Reddit username, but I managed to get a much much shorter variant on Kbin, lol.

Different name, although this is the one I use everywhere else. I just wasn’t early enough to nab it on Reddit ;)

I created a new one as all the short ones were long gone at Reddit.

I think my name says it all

I’ve got a new username. Starting fresh! But tbh I tend to clear down and get a new username every so often anyway. Probably just being paranoid but feel like it keeps my account more anonymous.

Same. What's the point in having a last name no one can pronounce or spell if not to use in my username everywhere?

New one, wanted this from the beginning but was already taken on Reddit 10+ years ago

Reused mine.

Mine was from an old open source project. I no longer use it and have started to use a different name elsewhere - would have changed it on Reddit too if Reddit had allowed it.

I've been wanting to use a different username for a while now cause I've been using the same one literally since AOL. but I couldn't think of a new one until a few months ago and this was the perfect time to use it. And it fits me more.

I went with a new one. Fresh start and all.

VulcanSphere is my username (almost) everywhere within the cybersphere.

So, yeah. Stick with a recognisable name.

Same one for me.

Back in my beginning days in Reddit, I originally wanted to register "wooferine" but it was already taken., so I chose "woooferine" instead.

Yes, I kept the extra "o" here. My g-board knows my username, so why change it?

This was my preference there but wasn't available. Now it's MINE!

I’ve been Takeshidude since I was maybe 11 back on Lego.com

Feels wrong to have any other name

I took the opportunity to ditch the edgelord name I came up with when I was 14

Been using this name since I had a Xbox 360. It almost feels more familiar than my real name.

Same one, just signed up after finding this site yesterday night :)

i wouldn't share names cuz then i'd have ppl know who i was, bad OPSEC. Instead, I doxx myself here so that others cannot doxx me.

I was u/CanadaPlus101. Same thing for continuity, but I could drop the numbers.

I should put my old user in my profile.

I tried to reuse my name but I've messed up something and can't login anymore, just made a new one numbered

I went with my alt username. My Reddit username was the first part of my gmail address because I was dumb 14 years ago (well, dumber, anyway) and didn’t know you couldn’t change it.

New one. When I made my Reddit account I really want sure what I was doing and it auto created one for me, it was very random.

I 100% used the same one.
I've had the same username everywhere I go ever since making my xbox live account for Halo 3.

I used a much older name from AOL chatrooms. It's like getting into a comfy old jumper.

I chose the username I wanted for Reddit because it was already taken over there

Using the same name as my old Reddit. I'm loving the Fediverse so far! Seems more fun and less stressful than the Reddit front page.

same one, u/hazbuzan.

new to try and get a more basic name

I kept mine. Previously I only used this handle for Reddit, but now I have it here (and on Metafilter, where I created a new account after flouncing 10+ years ago—seems weirdly fitting as I originally learned of Reddit’s existence from Metafilter.)

Same UN. Just felt familiar

new one. I don't like any consistent data to tie things together. When I talk about myself I regularly will change details or I will use conistant details that are not quite right. Like my birday. 01/23/1987 although I have used 01/23/1942 but that makes me a bit to old to be believable so I changed it.

I decided to go with a new one that was randomly generated. Keep it interesting

Same username as everywhere, Reddit was actually the first account I made under this name

My Reddit name is a button mash because signups weren’t working. Then they were.

I got my IRL nickname here, no need to reuse my random Reddit name.

super old username.

The original name I wanted on Reddit was taken. Here it was not, so I changed.

I went new but it's an old handle. I missed it.

I’m using a very old username that I never used on Reddit. My Reddit username is retired.

Same one cuz lazy

New name....have been changing some names around recently. Pretty easy to spot my accounts with my avatar though.

I reused my Reddit username. I kind of identify with it. I love healthy curiosity and Lynx are my favourite wild animal.

Also, I suspect I copied some nonverbal communication clues from the cats we had growing up, such as slow-blinking upon eye contact to indicate everything's fine. So a username that can be interpreted to mean I'm feline seems fitting.

I use random one all the time. I mostly lurk anyway, but I'll post more on Fediverse.

My reddit username was different from the name I use on everything else since I had made it as a second account for a joke but then forgot to log out and it ended up passing my original main in karma. I went back to my normal name here

Same one as on reddit. :)

Same

i slightly adjusted mine

my old name was u/Spez, but nobody seems to like me on reddit.
so i came over here and changed my name.
Do you guys need a CEO?

My Reddit username was a really old one that I had switched from using a good number of years ago. So my KBin username is different, but it's the one I'm using on basically everything else.

Reddit doesn't really have the option to change your username IIRC so I am using the name I would have used on Reddit if it wasn't for my dumb teenage brain at the time :P

I ended up using the name I use on twitter. My reddit account is super old (12 years now) and it was the username i used when I was younger, but I've been moving away from that name.

A fresh start

new name, i had been using my last account for nearly a decade and finally wanted a change. also, privacy reasons

I use the same username on minecraft which was weirdly enough already in use in reddit. Now I can use it on lemmy.

I made a new one. I keep my Reddit one semi anonymous but I’m gonna maybe be more ok with this one being associated with me.

New name. Seemed time for a change/simplification.

New name, I always preferred the anonymity of reddit, even if you could technically trace someone with enough post history. So, starting with a new name starts that tracing who I am fresh. After 9 years of Reddit, I am sure my old name had a lot of info about me as a whole.

This is a new name. Mine was pretty cringe as I made that 13 years ago as a dumb teen lmao.

Nice try, FBI.

Same one! ;-)

I'm out of the box

I reused the username I originally used when I moved to Ruqqus 3 years ago. I've been all over the place ever since, and I've seen many of these alternatives inevitably fall. Ruqqus, Voat, Votal, Syzitus, Saidit is somehow still active.

It may be something new to many of you, but at this point I've seen enough sites shut down. I don't mean to come here with bad vibes, but it's not easy to be optimistic anymore.

I still miss Ruqqus from time to time, despite not sharing the opinions of a good portion of their user base, I never had a bad experience, even though I did pock the hornet's nest a few times.

Reused the name of my FFXIV character, along with a pointer to job. I've had a few names on Reddit, and lots all over the place. I've been using the internet a long time, and being exactly the same always would be boring.

To me this is a Reddit replacement, so I'm just keeping my old name

Different name.

My reddit name was what I called the car I was driving at the time or making my account, many years ago. The car I’m driving now, I call The Attack Bunny….

See, here's the thing. I've been using the name I use on reddit since LONG before reddit was a thing. So yes, it's the same name (well, one of two variants I use), but I don't think of it as my "reddit name."

New one. I had my reddit user for 15 years; it felt like a change was due.