Changing my User Name

Am I stupid or am I stupid?
Well, I am a bit long in the tooth Too old to know better?
I'll be more careful in future.

If you google your user name you will be shocked to see all your posts in a long line. There is absolutely nothing confidential on here.

I confessed, in passing, not long ago on a thread on here that'd I'd changed my name and got quite a number of quite abusive replies which puzzled me.

I'm puzzled by that too - as one of the few on here who has never changed username. I've never 'flounced' with a bold announcement of departure - only to return under a new name!

ExD
I think you need to educate yourself on the policies of GN.
It isn't a cosy little chat amongst virtual friends.
Threads have appeared in the Daily Mail. It is also on FB.

It is totally reasonable to change your user name if you think someone could trace you.
If there was someone I didn't want to find me, I would be very careful about the username I choose.

Absolutely not! I'm an infrequent poster but serial name changer. I have my reasons.
btw this forum isn't a 'confidential kind of group* , is freely accessed by anyone, so that too might influence your decision too.

Plus, the details of that particular thread were quite unique and so anyone who was aware of the circumstances of the situation would easily be able to put 2 and 2 together.

No. I don’t think so. Maybe her user name gave the OP of that thread a big clue to where she lives. I could guess.