Topic: Changed username from Coolcryptovator to COOLCRYPTOVATOR (Read 417 times)

My 2 cents ...

OP, Firstly, congratulations on the name change, I have not read the past pages of this thread but I believe that Sceptical Chymist is furious (envious). Secondly, I took into account the reasons you described, but nevertheless, I am almost sure that changing your name will not benefit your business, at least for the reason that no one likes Caps Lock.

I don't think it is appropriate to draw a personal parallel, especially since changing the username in this particular case essentially does not change anything except visual perception. In addition, I am absolutely sure that if you do business on the forum, there are much simpler ways to protect your clients from fraud. But scam moderation is a completely different matter, as it hides a false sense of security, and I think if all the threads you mentioned were deleted, then due to the lack of warnings, we would have faced even more negativity. In addition, given the current state of affairs, I am not at all sorry for those who fall for the tricks of these scammers, since it is obvious that these people ignore basic precautions. In the sense that it is useful for such naive people to step on a rake, since this is the only lesson they can learn.

Nah, Theymos knows I wanted my username changed because I PMed him and created a thread about it, in addition to making posts in various threads relating to my request that he could possibly have read.  If I'm met with stony silence after all of that, I'm certain he's not going to let me change my moniker.

It's not a huge deal and not something I'm going to bug Theymos about, especially not after writing stuff like I just did in this thread.  I'd much rather feel free to do the latter than to kiss any ass in order to get my way. 

@The Pharmacist, maybe you just caught the admin at the wrong time, it's possible that your request went under the radar - because I know that at least a dozen (probably more) members have changed their names. In your place, I would try again, because if you really want something (and you obviously care about it), the only way is to be persistent, of course within the bounds of polite behavior.

I don't want to stray too far off topic (which I already did with my last post), but I wish Lauda was still around to give some input on what I wrote.  I have no doubt my claims would be backed up if Lauda felt able to speak freely.

And I'm not claiming to be able to read Theymos's mind, so who knows if there was a desire to help with no expectation of something in return?  It probably sounds like I'm bitter that he wouldn't grant my request but did grant OP's, but it isn't that.  I'm perfectly OK with hanging on to my original moniker; I just happen to think that Theymos wouldn't do this for just anyone claiming to have (or actually having) a telegram impersonator or for any other reason that would help stop scammers.  I don't think he's anti-scammer at all, in fact.  What I think he is is a true cryptoanarchist, and if that means scammers win, then they win. 

But if they threaten the forum or its reputation, then he'll act to suppress them (like Yobit and 1xbit.com and/or their campaigns).  So far, they've been allowed to survive and thrive here because members have just accepted the excuses as to why scammers aren't banned, which they are on pretty much any other discussion forum. 

Anyway, enough of my rant.  Name changes are supposed to be rare, else everyone would be requesting them and I'm sure Theymos doesn't want that, and that's understandable.  I'm genuinely happy for OP that he got to change his to upper-case letters (though if I were essentially forced to change my username to all caps, I think it'd drive me nuts).

It may be... I am sure theymos has his own reasons for when he accepts such a request and when not... But I think, in this case, it was an altruistic decision...


Well, this is the problem here... OP had an altruistic request and, as much as he'd also want to protect some innocents, he could not pay 50 BTC for that... Probably theymos took this also into consideration...


Yes, sadly, scammers are everywhere... But I don't think that he just thought about scammers from Telegram. I think he just did a gesture in sign of good faith, trying to help some people... I don't know how to say... but as a comparison think of this: imagine a good cop, walking in his free day, outside his jurisdiction... and he assists at a theft... and he decides to get involved, to catch the robber. Robbers are everywhere and such gestures are rare - the cop was in his free day and also outside his jurisdiction, but if he just felt at that moment that he can help and he also wanted to help... he just did it... This does not mean robbers will ever be scared by cops being on duty nor about cops being off duty. They'll still rob people... But, from time to time, such gestures occur...

I may be wrong, of course, or too naive, as I still believe in people acting on good faith to help others, but this is what I think...

I have a pending request too to @theymos but I guess he just selo those who stands out here in the forum or those who made lot of contributions. On my case I guess it would be too rare to see. Well, congratulations for the approved request. Seems weird to be honest but looks like the new cool thing is on an uppercase letters.

Oh, come on.  Do you think Theymos really takes into account any altruistic motives when someone is requesting a name change?  It might appear to be the case with OP, but when it's also an option to pay for the name change (admittedly nobody is going to pay 50BTC these days for that privilege) I seriously doubt that's much of a factor. 

As much as I appreciate Theymos for keeping the forum alive, I don't believe for one minute that he'd move a muscle to stop scammers on telegram.  Just look at how they flourish on his own forum and that should be enough to prove my point.

Few days ago I saw that your username changed to all caps and I thought why? Well, now it's more than clear. I'm not really sure that it will prevent from scam attempts from impersonators. But if you think that it will help, it's good for you that theymos accepted your requested.
Once I thought that I would like to change my username, but any good names didn't come to my head. Well, it's something like making a tatoo .

It won't help much the possible victims but it will be helpful for @Coolcryptovator because s/he will be bothered by the victims and at the least that he could do is that s/he has this thread to prove that s/he wasn't the scammer and that s/he was targeted by impersonators.

Thanks everyone for your input. To be honest a few users of the forum who were victims of the impersonator advised me change my Telegram username like this I have currently. Once I changed Telegram username then it drives me to think that anyone would sill can create a similar username as my forum profile display name. That's the only reason I requested theymos to change my forum display name as well. I know still scammer could impersonate my username somehow. But it's my belief that the current username is quite safe from the previous. There was no any other intention to change my username like gain weight or prove myself as an established forum member. If you have reasonable reason to change your username then the admin would help you for sure. There is no need for special criteria as far as I know. This thread I just create for the record to avoid any future confusion.

Just re-read what you quoted. Here, let me help you out with a highlight representing the answer of your question Sometimes this works... just provide a very good reason, as OP did.

If your reason is very good (not just a "hey, theymos, can you change my name for free?"), like OP had, your wish may become true. In his case, his request was for the benefit of some innocents, not for his ego. It was for a greater purpose. There is a huge difference between a pure will and a wish made for protecting others... Read also OP's background story.

I heard that it is not possible to change the username in this forum and the only way to do so is to pay high amount to theymos.
So is there any change in this or did you pay the amount to theymos to change the username ?

OP is a heavy person now. I bow down

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Nevertheless, congrats OP for taking this decision, which is, as far as I see, a decision made in good faith, for protecting others. This is very kind from you - to take the the decision to change your name - and I am sure it was not easy to decide that. Besides, it is also another gesture of good faith from theymos, as I am sure your background story determined him to accept your request.

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Don't be... I am sure theymos approved his request thinking of a greater good, to protect some innocents... He always did his best about this sensible subject... And I am sure if anything similar would have happened to you he would have taken same decision...

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Loooool =))) That's a great choice for a name The period at the end add also some weight to the Balls... Why not "Scrotum." though? Also with period at the end, of course. It sounds more academical

He just gained some weight!

It's very... loud.

Are congratulations in order?  I really don't know, but thanks for the head's up anyway.  To be honest I doubt I would have noticed that your name is now all caps if you hadn't mentioned it.  Don't take that personally, there's a lot that slips by me.

As for your reasoning, I don't know if that's going to solve all your problems with Telegram.  There are still ways to mimic your new username, for example: C00LCRYPT0VAT0R (spelled with zeros) doesn't look much different.  I know that the letter "L" in lower case can easily be misleading when replaced with a capitol "I" in Telegram, but I'm not sure of how other letters appear.  I had a situation where someone was trying to mimic my user name by replacing the "L" in Wolf with a capitol "I."  I reported that user to Telegram and now he's gone.

To prevent people from confusing me with an impersonator in Telegram I included my Telegram username in my BitcoinTalk.org profile.  Since then I haven't had any issues.

Good luck with your fight against Telegram scammers and impersonators.

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If you're going to be "Balls." I want to be "Where the Magic Happens."  The period is optional.

With the current username and Telegram username, I believe any reasonable users wouldn't fall into the scam that attempting by an impersonator. As much as I have been trying to prevent impersonator and that's the reason why I changed username. Now depends on the person how they could prevent scammers.

Changing the username takes a week exactly. I send the request to theymos a week back.


Assuming same like me theymos love your old username.

Great so now I have to shout your username?
Pretty ballsy move with the period at the end. I fully support this member to now be called "Balls."

The explanation is in OP, you just need to click on the link and everything becomes much clearer. In short, the OP thought that by changing the name it would achieve something about those who imitate it on the Telegram - and the admin accepted this as a justifiable reason. In addition, this name change is almost imperceptible to most users, the name actually remained identical.

Even though it wasn't much of a difference to your username, I'm jealous.  Theymos completely ignored my request for a username change, though that's kind of what I expected.  It's not unheard of for members to have their handles changed at their request, but if I had to guess I'd say that Theymos refuses more often than he grants such changes.  But who knows?  It's not like he makes a public pronouncement about issues like this (and I wish he would).

Either way, congrats on getting your name in all caps.  Not sure why you wanted to go that route, but there are many strange birds in the forest, as they say.

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Doh!  Thank you for pointing out my inattention; I didn't click on OP's link, obviously.