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Can I change my username without losing my post count and star? (Original Post)
rzemanfl
Nov 2016
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)1. short answer is no. You can abandon your account and start a new one
People have done that to be more anonymous. You need to not use your first account if you do that though, no having 2 active accounts.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)3. Thanks. I will just say f'em they can come and get me.
I hunted ruffed grouse a lot forty some years ago.
Lochloosa
(16,063 posts)2. up is right.
question everything
(47,472 posts)4. You may want to "ask the administrators"
After previous elections, at least in 2004, we were allowed to change usernames and many whose usernames were obviously linked to a candidate did so.