When I registered to HN it was in a second - all it wanted was a username and password. super cool. I gave my short name and voila I have an account.
Now there is a lot of data collected and google is picking it up. I want to change my username to my full name which I use every where else. How about an option to migrate or change visible username if they are not already taken.
That would be great. I'm in the exact same boat. I've also recently realized that googling my name gives me someone else for the number one result, and that dude isn't even in the software industry.
I've always kept a fairly high degree of anonymity online just because I'm used to the old BBS days of pirate nicknames; but in places like here, it feels awkward for me to respond to someone by name, when my nickname is a misspelled word.
"googling my name gives me someone else for the number one result, and that dude isn't even in the software industry."
You say this like it's a bad thing. I would say it was great news. The likelihood that people searching for you being confused is significantly reduced.
When I registered to HN it was in a second - all it wanted was a username and password. super cool. I gave my short name and voila I have an account.
Now there is a lot of data collected and google is picking it up. I want to change my username to my full name which I use every where else. How about an option to migrate or change visible username if they are not already taken.