Having recently gone through a name change on Twitter, this post provides the quick and easy steps I went through for my friend @fairminder aka Jim Spencer.
The good news is that changing your name on Twitter is as easy as going in and editing the name you originally chose. For instance, I went from being "astrout" to "aaronstrout." However, I wanted to keep a 2nd account with @astrout since I've got some equity in that name (and it's posted in about 250 comments across many blogs).
So here goes:
1) Open up a second Twitter account with the new name you're going to use (for instance, I did this with "aaronstrout"). NOTE: you'll need to use a second e-mail since on Twitter you can only have one account per e-mail address.
2) Now change this address by adding a "1" or any digit after. For example, I changed mine from "aaronstrout" to "aaronstrout1"
3) Go back to your original twitter account and change your old name to the new name. For example, I changed from "astrout" to "aaronstrout."
4) Now go back to your new account and change that to your old name. For example, I changed it from "aaronstrout1" to "astrout."
The good news is that changing your name on Twitter is as easy as going in and editing the name you originally chose. For instance, I went from being "astrout" to "aaronstrout." However, I wanted to keep a 2nd account with @astrout since I've got some equity in that name (and it's posted in about 250 comments across many blogs).
So here goes:
1) Open up a second Twitter account with the new name you're going to use (for instance, I did this with "aaronstrout"). NOTE: you'll need to use a second e-mail since on Twitter you can only have one account per e-mail address.
2) Now change this address by adding a "1" or any digit after. For example, I changed mine from "aaronstrout" to "aaronstrout1"
3) Go back to your original twitter account and change your old name to the new name. For example, I changed from "astrout" to "aaronstrout."
4) Now go back to your new account and change that to your old name. For example, I changed it from "aaronstrout1" to "astrout."
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Well isn't that just genius! Now we wait to see how long before I decide to change from fairminder to jimspencer... "Should I stay or should I go now?" The Clash
ReplyDeleteYou took some extra steps, Aaron. Here's how I did it, when I went from @Bryper to @BryanPerson last year.
ReplyDelete1) Log into my @Bryper Twitter account. Change name to @BryanPerson.
2) IMMEDIATELY open new Twitter account (good point about needing a second e-mail address) with the @Bryper handle (technically, that handle was "available for a minute or two). Also, add a tweet in the @Bryper account directing people my new @BryanPerson account.
Bryan | @BryanPerson | (formerly @Bryper)