Where did your screen name come from?????

[princessbelle]

Originally Posted by Greyson

I have been using this as a screen aname for about six years now. I signed up at the dash site under my original screen name, U2. I started coming onto the internet in 98/99. I started over at gag.com under the screen name U2.

I stayed there about a year. During this time I was so naieve. I finally realized I was being stalked by an unstable woman in cyberland and one day I just decided to change my name. (Besides most thought my U2 screen name was about the band, and it was not.)

The name Greyson came to my mind. This was before the young man who sings became an internet sensation and I guess now somewhat of a celebrity. A few years before him. I like my screen name so much, I had it changed to my middle name legally and have started to use it outside of the internet a few years back.

P.S. The subject of internet duplicity is up on another thread. I have always been troubled how some use multiple names on the internet. "Same game, different name." I like the way Linus handles it here. It is in the open, transparent and we all know that so and so is now _________.

Greyson definately suits you perfectly. I remember you are the one that taught me years ago, to keep my same name as i went to each BFP site. I'm glad i did.

I'm not saying i don't think people should change their names as they evolve, move to different times in their lives, ect...just that it's nice to know who you once called yourself. And i agree with Greyson, it's nice to know who people were and who they are now. Linus does a great job keeping us up to date.