While the main intent is to allow members with anti-Trump usernames the chance to pick something new, anyone will be able to do it if they choose. It's completely optional though. Full details will be posted soon.

..or...who will be who then?

I have wanted to change for years because when I first joined in 2004 using real name security and privacy wasn't as big of a problem as it is now.

I will be checking to see how.

I think you should keep it.

But kay is my middle name so its two of my names.

Just like LisaM - I also considered your account name as a play on "malarkey" (especially since that was a long time Bidenism)!

Don't worry I'm now safe here too.

I love DU;

Can we give away little flowers in the summer? That would be fun.

You're one of my favorite posters. I don't want to miss your posts!

I will use my name from that board

I used to post over there and took a break. When I came back the conservatives alerted all of my posts as commercial spam and after I complained the board was discontinued by Skinner.

I left Oklahoma 30 years ago to come back here. I could only tollerate that state for 10 years. I called my sister and she helped me drive back home.

and rural Oregon much of the time but still, there's no place like home.

I was frantically passing them out earlier today but ran out of time. I wish there was a way to just jettison them randomly at the end.

When my husband gives me flowers for valentine's day, I don't throw them in the trash on the 15th.

Many people keep their Christmas trees up until New Years to enjoy the "glow" of the holidays.

I think you took-down the hearts a little too soon. A week after the 14th would be nice... or even a few days longer would be nice.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

ETA - https://emojipedia.org/red-heart/

... I'll have to guess. At least 100. Maybe 200!

I wish I could afford to give, but this year has been so rough. That's why I was so thankful for very heart I was given.

This site has been one of the only respites we have had in the last 4 years. I know there are lots of us who needed this space to vent and to hope for a brighter future. Thanks DU and DU members who helped keep us sane in these insane times.

...picture of one of my posts while the hearts are still here so I could continue to enjoy them.

I don't think I'll be availing myself of the opp. but it's always nice to have options!

I checked back in to see if this was underway. Would really like to change my handle and restart.

Technical issues... we want to make sure things are running smoothly after that maintenance error the other day. I’ll post an announcement when we’re ready to go. It shouldn’t be too long.

It will be a madhouse trying to figure out who-was-who... when a bunch of "new" people show up. I guess we'll just have to rely on everyone's honesty to let us know who they once were in their previous incarnation.

but I think EarlG said in another post the former name would be listed with the new name for a month.
personally, I get "lost" when people change their avatars, I often don't remember names