how do i change my username

[lamplady2001]

i would have chosen a different username had i know it would b displayed along with my display name. how do i change it without changing accounts?

[Jacki Silverfall]

There is no way to change user names. you have to change your account and start over. only display names ca change once a week. sorry.

[Chic Aeon]

Agreed it is confusing now -- more than it used to be when we had last names. And from what I hear finding a "first name" is VERY difficult. Not the best planning perhaps. When LL was thinking about changing over to the one name when you register idea, they "planned" to let residents pick a last name later. So far that doesn't seem to be happening.

If you are "new" you can certainly start over knowing what you know now .

 

 

 

[Honey Puddles]

We're in a transition phase right now, coming from a time when accounts USED to have unchangeable "first and last names" where we'd pick a lastname from a list, and then make our own first names. (example: Winter Ventura.) We were then given display names, changable screen names that we can opt to change as frequently as  once a week. (example: Candy Velvet). Along with that new feature, LL changed the naming convention from "first and last" to "login name" (example: lamplady2001)

There was a lot of concern when this first was introduced, that people would use it for harrassment, greifing, fraud, etc.. these are fears that have for the most part, failed to materialize. The fix, was to make both names visible over the avatar, as the default setting.

Each name can be independently hidden, but it's the person reading the names, who sets their own preference. So if I want to see only "usernames" I'll only see you as "lamplady2001". If I want to see only "display names", I'll see you as "Rain". If I want to see both names, I'll see both your names.

Eventually, LL will no-doubt begin setting "Username not visible" as the default setting.

edit: sorry was stiull waking up when I wrote this

[ckemal59]

second life sl name ckemal59 new sl name ( Melis Ecem )

I change the name of slum Melis you make a new name..

I sl you change the account name ckemal59.

 

Please.