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Leave the nickname alone!

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Leave the nickname alone!

-or- multiple personalities??

from JoeUser Forums

I have a lot of pet peeves.  Perhaps I am just wound too tight or something.  But I admit, there are lots of little things that bother me.  A little while back, San Chonino wrote an article about the idiotic use of capital and lower case letters all jumbled up.  That drives me nuts. 

But I have noticed something that bothers me even more.

People who cannot keep their online nickname the same.

Now look, I like to switch things up as much as the next person.  But when all you have to go on is a screen name of some sort, changing that daily makes it more than a little tough to remember who that person is.  I have noticed this most prominently on IM.  There are some folks on my messenger lists who have a different nickname EVERY SINGLE DAY! 

What does this mean to me?  It means I have to look at their contact information EVERY SINGLE DAY to see if they are who I think they are. 

People, keep your nickname the same.  Please.  Or I can just use the "Block Contact" options.  ;)

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I suppose this is the difference between those who have nuts, are nuts or eat nuts...


That's the confusing part...ascertaining which is which, the have's and have not's.
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Not sure about the older MSN version, but in MSN Messenger Live you can have your contacts listed by their real name instead of their nickname.
And Trillian does that as well.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top

Not sure about the older MSN version, but in MSN Messenger Live you can have your contacts listed by their real name instead of their nickname.
And Trillian does that as well.

Yeah, I am finding out just how little I know of these programs.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Also in MSN live, you can override their nicknames with one of your choosing. I do that to all my friends now.
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Also in MSN live, you can override their nicknames with one of your choosing. I do that to all my friends now.


That's fine so long as they don't find out what you're calling them.....

Personally, I don't care what people call me.....so long as it's not late for breakfast....any meal, come to think of it.