https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 06 May 2026 18:11:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158895 Thu, 20 May 2010 06:21:54 +0000 Greg 158895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think people already get it, but just in case... there are two names.</p> <p>- login name: you type this when you log in (it is unique)<br /> - display name: this appears alongside your posts (it might not be unique)</p> <p>There is a long standing argument in user model circles on whether display names should be unique (where early members get nice names and later members end up being Greg435), or whether everyone should go by their chosen name (where people can have the same name with the associated confusion).</p> <p>For better of for worse, we are doing the latter. But there are a couple of things that are exacerbating the confusion (one bug and one usability problem) that I will fix at some point.</p> <p>As people have pointed out, the profile picture is the best way to have a unique signature that people recognize. And after all, a picture says a thousand words. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158821 Thu, 20 May 2010 00:50:09 +0000 CK 158821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've just changed mine from cindy594 to just cindy, but I haven't posted much recently so hopefully I'm not the source of any confusion. When I first registered there was another cindy, so I had to add the numbers, but since you can choose your name now, I've dropped them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158812 Thu, 20 May 2010 00:22:33 +0000 Maya 158812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for the YLF Kitty Clan! Nothing wrong with cute kitties showing up all over the page.</p> <p>Good point, April. Some people might not be comfortable using their own pictures too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158811 Thu, 20 May 2010 00:22:06 +0000 April 158811@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It definitely used to be true that you needed a unique username. When that changed, I was confused, but Angie said that any confusion would be sorted out by the photo or avatar. </p> <p>It occurred to me that if you use a picture of something other than yourself and then you change to a different picture of something other than yourself, no one can know if it's you posting or another person with "your" username. </p> <p>Did you notice that there are now at least six Angies in the membership here? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158809 Thu, 20 May 2010 00:18:14 +0000 Steph 158809@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I couldn't help myself. I have been meaning to add a profile photo for awhile, and was planning on making it my tortie cat. But after reading this thread, I just had to make the photo one of my gray tabby. </p> <p>When I first joined I chose Steph because Stephanie was taken. I'm really more of a Stephanie, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158795 Wed, 19 May 2010 23:47:30 +0000 Anonymous 158795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm adding to the confusion! I've shortened my username, since that's what usually happens anyway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158771 Wed, 19 May 2010 22:40:40 +0000 Stacey D 158771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I noticed that, too and it can be confusing. I signed up originally as "stacey", but a couple of days later noticed a post by a stacey that wasn't me! So, I changed mine to Stacey D. Not sure if there's another by that name or not. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158738 Wed, 19 May 2010 21:56:36 +0000 Itari 158738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that my name is unique here on the board, but anyway I prefer the nickname to be displayed </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158729 Wed, 19 May 2010 21:37:32 +0000 cciele 158729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I do have a kitty avatar Good thing I didn't post one of my gray kitty; then it would get even more confusing! I would use "Cathy" but I know there are several other Cathys (or variant) here so I think I will stay as is, as far as user name goes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158722 Wed, 19 May 2010 21:22:46 +0000 Rose 158722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am testing.. I just switched my confusername to my real name to see what shows up here.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158706 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:56:20 +0000 Debora 158706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all the kitties on the forum!!!! I think, though, that I might be the only one with a pony. Look closely and you might be able to see the tears in my eyes. I was not as brave as I looked! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158698 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:40:09 +0000 Sparky 158698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, you bring up a good point. When I signed up, I used Sparky for my username, which I thought it was a unique username here. Plus, there are already a lot of lovely ladies with my name - Anne - on this board! :)</p> <p>After I became a member, my posts showed up with Sparky. Then I filled out the profile info and put in my real name, and my username changed to Anne in the posts. When I realized what happened, I edited my profile name back to Sparky. So, as Louise said earlier, you can edit your name in your profile to whatever you want for your username. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158687 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:32:44 +0000 Maya 158687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can remember Lucie by her little nose goober :)</p> <p>Cathy has a kitty too, yes. Yay, kitties! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158685 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:31:46 +0000 Lisa 158685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that a personal photo helps a lot. I may have to add one soon, but in my defense I only joined this week so there hasn't been time to figure out picture uploading yet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158675 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:22:25 +0000 marianna 158675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>While browsing old threads/blog posts, I noticed that there used to be another Marianna on the forum... although she's not active anymore. I found that peculiar because my name really isn't common! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158647 Wed, 19 May 2010 19:37:35 +0000 Rosie 158647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gracie and Lucie are completely adorable and unique! They certainly do not look the same - maybe we all just need to memorize their pics and associate them with you both! I think Cathy has a kitty up, too? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158646 Wed, 19 May 2010 19:35:55 +0000 Maya 158646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well for what it's worth my kitty confuses me even in real life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158645 Wed, 19 May 2010 19:33:07 +0000 taylor 158645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Surely~ My Gracie~ isn't confused with some other kitty here....impossible I say</p> <p>I see an edit in my avatar future:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158644 Wed, 19 May 2010 19:32:46 +0000 Rosie 158644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Khris, I totally get confused, too, by all the kitties! </p> <p>I think it is really nice to know people by their first name (unless they choose otherwise) even if there are others out there. This is such a personal forum, it just makes sense to give people that option. Personally, I think it is a lot easier when people have photos of themselves as avatars. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158608 Wed, 19 May 2010 18:20:31 +0000 Maya 158608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Lucie and I apologize Khris. Of course as her mother, I do think she is a unique little snowflake. But maybe I will have an avatar of her hiney instead :p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158605 Wed, 19 May 2010 18:19:10 +0000 Louise 158605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anne if you go to edit personal information whatever name you put in the name box will be the name shown on your posts (I think) x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158600 Wed, 19 May 2010 18:16:28 +0000 Anonymous 158600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've noticed this too. My user name is mrsanniep, but when I create a post, it comes up as written by "Anne." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158598 Wed, 19 May 2010 18:14:54 +0000 chewyspaghetti 158598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get confused, too. Not only with names- but avatars. Sometimes I see a cat, and think I know who it is but forget to look at the name. So many people have kitty faces as their avatars here that they start to look the same after a while! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158577 Wed, 19 May 2010 17:53:39 +0000 Louise 158577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I first signed up I had to chose an original name, with the new updates it changed so you could choose another name, It can be a bit confusing but I do like that people don't have to be know by a random username just because the one they want is already taken hopefully everyone will use an avatar so we can tell the difference x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confusernames#post-158574 Wed, 19 May 2010 17:50:05 +0000 Maya 158574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am getting sort of confused about usernames on here. Sometimes one person has two different usernames that show up and I think they are two different people, or two people have the same username and I think they are the same person. Can it be made so that people need to choose an original name? </p>