June 28, 2008
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Keeping Your Xanga Site?
If you haven’t posted on a site in awhile, you have probably received an email from xanga that said this:
“A lot of people have been asking for usernames that have already been taken. So we’ll be cleaning up some sites in the next couple of months…
If you would like to keep your account, all you need to do is log in and post to keep your account!”A friend of mine, papercup_alibi, was upset by the prospect of someone using her old user name.
Would it bother you if someone used your old user name?
Comments (107)
no?
YES gah. oh wait that’s me up there. So clearly you know my feelings.
I wouldnt care.. If I had an old one, that is..
yeah… that’s the only reason I logged into my second site… to keep someone else from having it.
why would anyone want to, is my question.
yep
If you haven’t posted in that long, why even bother to have an account on a BLOG site?
Yes.. Definitely.. And I’m thinking, I’m not really sure if it’s bad for me or the person who’ll be using it…
Man…I regret the day I let “TheTheologiansCafe” lapse and get snapped up.
Yes, if I had used it extensively.
There is one site, “Quelle Horreur,” that I would be willing to give up the name for, but all the others are mine, at least until Xanga provides a way for me to consolidate all the entries on different “identities” for the same site.
But then again, I’ve also written EXTENSIVELY on all my main blog sites, so there is a lot there.
I think it would depend on how many years that site had been inactive.
If it’s a dormant site, probably not. Saintvi is my first account. Other than that, all I have is a clone account I haven’t posted on in a couple of months.
Nah.
…I would hate it. “fullmetalbunny” has become a part of my identity. It bothers me enough that there’s a fullmetalbunny on deviantart, playlist.com, and some X-Box network thing. I never would have pictured anyone else even THINKING of calling themselves that. Then again, if that other fullmetalbunny is aware of me, she (he?) probably doesn’t like me using the name either. Haha.
Dan,
You STILL havent answered my question from the last post of yours…
What gives?
I think I would. This account is mine, my username. The only other one I wouldn’t like someone taking is my last one.
It’d make me mad. I made this name semi-famous, and I have fun with it. I’m not letting go of it!
lol The only account on here I wouldn’t be sad about would be chitter_chatter12. xChocoBoox is a personal nick name someone gave me for some random reason and MoBunshin is just, well, personal.
I cant imagine anyone wanting mine… but no, Id be honored!
It would bother me a little bit but it’s not a big deal. It will suck if you’ve been using the same user ID for years and all your family and friends search you up by that name, and one day some one else is suddenly using it.
It’s unlikely that anyone ever would – and if they did I wouldn’t care.
If I had an old account that I was not using, I probably wasn’t using it for a reason. Why would I go back to it? I highly doubt that anyone would even want to use the name Lithium98 if I were to ever get rid of it (even though there are obviously 97 other Lithium’s out there).
I think that it would bug me if it were seedsower because I have used it for so long.
If I’m not planning on using it, or just forgot about it, I could care less.
Granted, I would never delete my Xanga site, but if I did, I suppose it would be pretty awkward seeing someone using my name. I wouldn’t have to worry though, my name is pretty specific, and I’ve never had a problem getting that username anywhere. Myspace, AIM, email addresses, etc.
no. it’s only a name. but it could be embarassing if i lost it and someone else used it in ways i wouldn’t, and people i know didn’t realize that it wasn’t me.
YES.
I was highly pissed when Carlotta_Valdez was taken by some stupid kid who hadn’t posted in years. Is there some way to switch over once that name becomes open?
Well if I’m not using it, I guess it’s fair game, but it might a little bit.
Oh yes, I would get upset. I’ve got a few of the many that I want to save… resurrect.
There are a number of Xanga sites I shut down a while ago. But, I think if someone else were to use the names — especially the ones that had considerable/meaningful posts — it just would not feel right. And, I’m conflicted about reviving them, too.
I don’t know.. I have to think about this now….
It’s just I’ve had those names for SO long, and they have a lengthy history and my whole life from when I first got them years ago. Two are my relationship blogs with Fred when we were falling in love, one is from when I got well known on here and launched my writing for the first time, and the other is my very first xanga site. No way could I ever let someone else take those from me.
cleaning up some sites??? hahahahahaha,,, most people running servers want every user they can get,,, active or not,,, i dunno,,, i personally think its an idle threat,,,
if its a paid name,,, of course they cant,,,, as long as its paid for,,, like mine,,,, and a bunch more,,, id guess a bunch would fall victim ,, however most problably wouldnt care,,, either burnt out long ago and never look at a xanga email anyway,,, or dead,,, theres a bunch of dead non users you know,,, i dont guess they would care….
i wonder how long a dead persons lifetime account would remain active??? and how would xanga know if they were dead,,,, or just ignoring their emails?
hmmmmmmm
nah, xanga is kinda starting to get boring now.
I am just glad I do not have this problem. I mean, someone should be able to use a username that is not being used. Der. But I’d hate for people to get mixed up and think it was me when it was really someone new, and I’d hate for that person to get crap from other people that was meant for me, although I suppose I could give people more credit.
It’s the same thing that happens when you shut down a phone line. They wait six months, and then they give it to someone else. Although, honestly, six months is not enough. I will now be getting junk mail from Sears with my first name and this other schmuck’s last name for the rest of my life! I do not know this guy! I most certainly haven’t married him! Where these companies get off monkeying with conflicting address/phone/name records is beyond me. Update! Don’t meld! Yarg! And on top of it, he’s a delinquent! I used to get calls from his collection agencies! How awesome is that!?! All because he cancelled his phone plan six months before I needed a new number. Oh, and his daughter’s name is Olivia. The pediatrician left appointment reminders on my answering machine for years.
Maybe it’s best if names don’t get recycled. Or I could lighten up. I don’t know, I’m just glad it’s not my problem.
Although it also strikes me as one of those hoaxes, and a number of my friends have xangas just to be able to read and comment on my xanga, and have no desire to blog here for whatever reason. And that shouldn’t be denied to them.
Yeah, I think that’s very rude and disrepectful. Suppose the person died, and then xanga came along and deleted the diary that the loved ones didn’t know the password for?
It would indeed.
But if it upset me that much, I simply wouldn’t abandon my site.
I don’t like my old user name anymore, I don’t even like this user name anymore. When I change mine someone else can have it.
she does raise some good points~
Use it of you lose it, I say.
Not really. But I don’t want my old sites to vanish because I posted a lot of my teenage angst on them.
REVIVAL!
Yes – I am of course, the only human emu out there…
In actuality, no…
yes, but im not able to log in to it , i forgot my password.
no. i doubt anyone could think of my old name anyways.
Boooooo
Yes. However, I think xanga should give a few warnings on this.
Yes, it would. :
A friend of mine had received a message from Xanga a couple of weeks ago regarding that notice.
no! I was actually going to ask xanga about that.. because I just want my name as the user name.. but someone that hasnt blogged since 2007 has it.. pissed me off..
Yeah. I’ve been Captain_Jaq so long that if someone else used it, it’d feel like they stole my identity.
@esch99 - ROFL
I wouldn’t like someone getting my last one because people I used to talk to would think it was me. Some people that didn’t care for me too much. Chances of them getting in touch with the same people would be slim I would imagine, but the possiblity would be there! I don’t think anyone would be wanting my old inspectorgrampy name though. Kind of a weird name unless it has a meaning behind it.
If someone else became JeddahSterling … I would be devastated.
(May she rest in peace.)
This is so weird … just this afternoon I was thinking about how my “true” name is unusual but not unique.
heyyoulady is the only name that is uniquely mine (at least in my sphere of influence). I’d be upset if someone else tried to steal it from me!
it would bother me at first
but I’d eventually get over it
no, not if I no longer blogged on it
eh, i dont think so. they probably just thought the same as me. sort of like when your trying to get a name for a new IM if someone already has it you have to modify it. it may be wierd you really think hard on it, but if your not using it, why not share? i dunno. either way, there is nothing you can do about it lol
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Maybe. I’m more than Mommybug now, and we may be ahomeschooledfamily but it’s part of my daily identity. I don’t know.
No. It’s a free country.
yes i would, no one can be the Legend that i once was… before the drugs, sex, rock & roll hit my life.
i have had this name long before i used xanga. it’s a piece of my identity.
no- i’ve already let a couple of mine go
I don’t have an old one…because I couldn’t imagine getting rid of the one I have…that’s why I still have it, because I like it. duh.
I think if people didn’t want others using their old username, they shouldn’t get rid of it in the first place. silly.
Yes – a bit- so I logged into all my accounts to save them. I doubt anyone else would want them, anyhow.
nope. i changed my username, and i don’t care if someone uses my old one. it’d actually be kinda nice to see it alive again.
yes
Yeah probably. People might think it was still me.
That would be kind of strange, I admit. Almost like someone using your old high school locker, but more personal. I don’t know.
Eh, maybe.
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helll yeah!
I would be devastated.
Yes, it would upset me very much. I love my user name. It makes up who I am as a person. If someone else were to take it, I’d feel as if they were stripping away my identity.
I don’t think I have anything to worry about, though. I’ve had this account for the past 3 years. I still post, so I don’t have an issue.
@la_faerie_joyeuse - Agreed! I truly wish there was a way to transfer the blogs either to one site or even just download them onto my computer.
I have no problem with someone using my old names if I don’t update anymore. I’m the only one going back on those sites to reference something that happened two or so years ago. But the idea of losing those blogs kills me! I mean, I don’t blog to amuse people, I blog to get my thoughts out. Losing those thoughts permanently would devastate me.
There are so many good names taken and not a single post written.
Clean it up, Xanga.
yup it would but why complain just login in and the worry is over. I try to login to my other site every month just to keep it mine.
But i do use it from time to time it is my TTC journal and since i have YET to concieve it hasn’t been updated in a while how many times can one write that another month has failed before all you have to do is copy and post the same blog over and over.
@not_done_baking - You can archive your entries onto your computer if you have premium. For $4 or 4000 credits, you can get premium for a month and do it, or you might convince the xanga team to give you another free trial somehow.
But for me, I’d rather keep them as an online record, too, and not even on my main blog, but perhaps as different “identities” of my main blog. I truly have different characters on my different past blogs, and I want to maintain that.
@la_faerie_joyeuse - Oh thanks! I didn’t know that (obviously.)
There is this one site that I want to get back control of but I just can’t remember the email addy for it. I’m sure I could come up with the password but I need the addy ermmmm
Karen
definitely would have to consider it, especially if there have been much written on that site and people identify me with that username.
The only other site I have is my travel blog from Spain, and I definitely want to keep those.
No. And why the fuck would anyone care? You’re obviously not using it, so stop bitching.
No.
yes, i’d be TOTALLY bothered. my name is my own man. it’s so personal..
Well… yes I s’pose it would… some of them… because they all mean something to me in a small way…
They can have my first one though… that sucked =p
DIBS ON BBDD!
I guess your paper cup friend ought to post then. Usernames are not property, and can not be controlled by a user of that name. Even Trakemark law runs into trouble here.
yeah it kinda would bother me ….
I had a different thought after recieving teh same email from xanga… I have some friends that have kept journals on here for years and when they stopped writing they kept theirs as a momento of all that they had been through or done and some of these friends are on my protected list…. now if their old journals get shut down and someone else gets the username, they could possibly get to read my protected postings…… now I realize this could happen so I could take them off the protected list, but how many people didn’t think of this ……
I think there’s a lot of potential for this to happen, has xanga not thought of this?
I wouldn’t want someone using my name. Just like my own name which is kind of unique.
not really… but.. i did love my old name and it would be weird if i get a comment or something with the same sn but with someone else…. it would suck if they wiped out mines! I only keep it so i can read back on it … through my memories and if they give it to someone else… i wouldnt be able to read it!
I dont have an old username – but If I did, and I made a new one, then that would be my own stupid fault.. lol
YES. xanga shlould ask them to use their brains to think of something BETTER!
I was more upset at the prospect of them shutting down my site just because I don’t update. The internet should be FOREVER! : )~
If I barely ever used that account then the answer is no. Why hold onto something you don’t care about. However, if this account I used too used it all the time and is sentimental to me then, I want to keep the user name.
Some people have probably changed their email address and do not know about this and would like to keep their Xanga account.
The ones which have nothing written on, could go first depending when the account was created.
What the heck? That’s an awful idea!
IF SOMEONE ELSE TAKES QUELLERS I’M GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY.
Mine is so boring and predictable, there are probably many others already with different numbers tagged on.
yes. there is only ONE vivi_kitty….and we all know who that is
who the hell wants my crappy screen name?…
Yeahhh I would. Mine was clever! Hopefully no one will think of it haha.
@VaultESL - No joke!
I wouldn’t want someone else using mine because then they might be confused for me…
But my other xanga names have always been rediculous so I don’t think anyone else would want theirs to be “wellalwayshavecanada” or “agreenkindaperson”
I didn’t log in for about 300 days after signing up for xanga, then I started posting so often that I’m sometimes known by my username… if someone were to try googling me and get someone else instead they might get a wrong impression of me the person vs my online “persona”
Ha! I laugh at that! Who else would want to admit that their name was MUDD?
Yes! It’s my name! Get your own!
A liitle. I’d feel like someone was stealing my idea. Not to mention, I don’t want people to start thinking that was still me when it wasn’t.
This is my first user name, and yes, it would bother me because I use this user name for many things. It is unique to myself only.
Hahaha… I hate my username, which I picked on the spur of an anime obsession moment, which i fully regret in my naive, immature state. I was clearly going through a phase, at which Naruto and Final Fantasy clashed together.
I do NOT have thousands of credits, so I can’t afford the luxury of changing my username. “sharingan_sephiroth” I shall forever be until then.
I don’t care if my username gets taken, but I will not forgive Xanga if my BLOG is taken.I will feel very… very… betrayed.
Also, I will be unable to post for a month anyway for various reasons, so please don’t shut down my account, Xanga!!!! NooO!!!!
Yes and no.
People dont like my name, generally. So if someone wanted it, I would be like, “HYPOCRITICAL BASTARD!”
But I might get rid of it anyway…