Thinking of abandoning this profile and starting fresh

[PureX]

Ouch!

I don't even know what my own profile says, anymore. I never look at it, or at anyone else's.

 

[dybmh]

I am also embarrassed by some of my early arguments,

Welcome to the club...

 

[Howard Is]

What you should do is make a thread in site feedback and ask admin for options. We generally don't allow multiple profiles. I don't know of any exceptions.

Is changing user name ever an option ?
I have no interest in doing that, but reading the thread made me wonder.
There would still be only one account. But I guess that would retain the previous history, which would only leave cancelling one account and creating a new one ?
Is that a regular option ?

 

[Howard Is]

Well, it doesn't seem like it would be allowed anyway so, I wouldn't want to go against their rules.

I pay attention to what I think.. trying to analyze myself for the most consistency rather than looking for that in others. But I get what your saying, you should stick with the ship you have at the frame level

I would add to what @anna b. said, and say that your account is a history of a whole person, and documents how you moved from one perspective to another. I think that’s something of value, worthy of your respect.

It doesn’t hurt having evidence that you can change. The alternative isn’t a good look.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Is changing user name ever an option ?
I have no interest in doing that, but reading the thread made me wonder.
There would still be only one account. But I guess that would retain the previous history, which would only leave cancelling one account and creating a new one ?
Is that a regular option ?

Yes name changes can be done. You can't change your own, so an admin has to do it. You make a thread in site feedback area saying what name you want, and if its not taken and there are no other objections then very often it will be changed for you. Don't make it a habit, but yes.

 

[Shad]

So I've been reviewing my arguments from the start till now, and I really feel like I've pretty much 'completed a phase.' I feel like this profile 'is full.'

In other words, I kind of feel like if I keep posting as I am now, my ideas will start to contradict those that I made in the beginning, as my views and dialectic abilities gradually shift. Something about where I am oriented as changed

I am also embarrassed by some of my early arguments, it seems like maybe I wasn't always as truthful as I could be for the sake of winning a debate

I also like the idea of regenerating anew, that it is good for creativity. I shed my skin for fresh skin. I don't want to be thinking about everything I wrote as continue to write, feeling more and more boxed in as I go

My advice is just to put a disclaimer in your profile. "Views are subject to change"

 

[Howard Is]

Yes name changes can be done. You can't change your own, so an admin has to do it. You make a thread in site feedback area saying what name you want, and if its not taken and there are no other objections then very often it will be changed for you. Don't make it a habit, but yes.

Thanks. I currently see no reason why I would want to. My narcissistic side still gets a laugh out of it, it goes well with my gangsta pic, and it expresses the essential nature of enlightenment

 

[Shadow Wolf]

So I've been reviewing my arguments from the start till now, and I really feel like I've pretty much 'completed a phase.' I feel like this profile 'is full.'

In other words, I kind of feel like if I keep posting as I am now, my ideas will start to contradict those that I made in the beginning, as my views and dialectic abilities gradually shift. Something about where I am oriented as changed

I am also embarrassed by some of my early arguments, it seems like maybe I wasn't always as truthful as I could be for the sake of winning a debate

I also like the idea of regenerating anew, that it is good for creativity. I shed my skin for fresh skin. I don't want to be thinking about everything I wrote as continue to write, feeling more and more boxed in as I go

You'll be fine. Plenty of us have embarassing posts here from the past, have completely changed our views, and we go on. It just means we're normal human beings who do that normal changing and growing thing we all do.

An additional option is limiting who can see your profile, which greatly reduces the amount of people who can look back through your post history, and possibly asking for a username change.

A user name change does only just that, and your older posts are still attached to the new name.