names part 2

[low_delta]

I found someone else named Serendipity. Her username is sararah. Her real name is Sarah, so I wonder why she didn't use "sarandipity."

Comments

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

Hey, I thought if I had that username there couldn't be another one. I guess that's just a myth.

Wah! I'm not special!

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

How can there be two people with the same user name?? If I type in the URL of www.livejournal.com/users/serendipity, I should get your journal...so how does this other person have....what...but but but....argh...I'm so confused. Maybe there's a slight difference in spelling that freekee didn't catch.

Re:

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

I did serendipitously find someone named Serendipitee earlier this week....

nonono

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Her username is sararah. Her name (like mine is freekee) is Serendipity.

Re: nonono

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

Oh. You know, I guess I never really understood the difference. Your user name is low_delta and your name is Freekee? Why have two? Maybe you wanted one to reflect who you are in another community but another to maintain a separate LJ identity? I just don't really get it.

Re: nonono

[banana.livejournal.com]

My username is banana but my name is J. They would have been the same, but the username J had gone.

Re: nonono

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

OK, I get that.

So maybe she wanted the username Serendipity but it was gone so she used something else.

But was there another username of Freekee?

Re: nonono

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yes. He was just a squatter, and has since deleted it, but I didn't really want to abandon this one, and change it over.

Re: nonono

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

So, one little mystery solved. :)