Sometimes people put a lot of thought into them, or get lazy and just want to join a place real quick and think up whatever works. For example, my YT username is Bweep. When I wanted to make another YT account, I just put in BweepII. Convenience, originality…before we know where people get their names from, we would probably have to know what motivates them towards a certain username.
My Fluther username, I got lazy because I rehashed it from another site I was at, but I did put thoughts into it when I first decided on it. It’s a Shakespeare play, only I replaced the C with an S because I’m just that godlike.
On some other places I go as Terminus Est, which is a sword from one of my favorite video games. That game took its idea from a fantasy novel which used Latin to name a sword that’s designed for decapitation, which is pretty funny when you think about what Terminus Est means; the end, point of separation, and the like.. I just thought it was cool. Not a Latin expert, dinnae be quotin’ meh. On this horror site I’m at, I use Stairway to Heaven, because I think it’s funny that in the common slasher flick, people always run upstairs when being chased by a psycho. On image hosting sites, I just want to use the functions, so I type in something real quick, like Vile or G6669.
Not that I see usernames as an indication of someone’s worth. But welcome threads don’t otherwise work for me. XD
There’s probably a lot of reasons why people choose the usernames they do, or where they get them from. I don’t think there’s a specific source that could wholly answer this. You’d also have to consider the place they’re joining, and why someone would make an effort or not. Unless you just meant Fluther.
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