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EarlG

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5. Old posts will retain the previous username

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 6, 2021, 11:43 AM

Apr 2021

That's just the way it got programmed this time around (the last time we did a name change was on a previous version of the software, so the name change function had to be rebuilt from the ground up).

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Question about the name change. [View all] Treefrog Apr 2021 OP

We decided to keep it on the profile EarlG Apr 2021 #1

It's been helpful to the geezers like me among us. marble falls Apr 2021 #2

Thanks! I think that makes sense. Treefrog Apr 2021 #3

Will old posts be updated with the new username or retain the previous name? Behind the Aegis Apr 2021 #4

Old posts will retain the previous username EarlG Apr 2021 #5

I appreciate that it's in the profile... 2naSalit Apr 2021 #6