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Mike Easter wrote:
> Sam wrote:
>> Actually, there is also under google's account " Edit personal
>> information" and one of the fields is Nickname, but the nickname that
>> I have there is not what appears when I post. Is there two different
>> nicknames. I can't find any menu in my googles account that even
>> shows Sam, how is that possible.
>
> The account you are posting with here is the one which logs in as
>

Last year, you were using that login address and the nickname 'lbbss' - so
something was changed since then.

When you are logged in, if you look at the top edge of the GG page, you
will see your login identity.



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Mike Easter

I don't see manage account anywhere.

I previously said <snippage>:

Mike Easter wrote:
> The account you are posting with here is the one which logs in as
>
>
> If you login to GG with that account, then click My Account, then in the
> section 'email address' click Edit, then you can access personal
> information which contains firstname lastname nickname. That nickname
> should say 'Sam'
>
> You can also see the Sam effect if you are logged in with the
> account and go to 'manage my memberships'. That
> membership settings allows you to set the nickname for all groups, or
> you can set the nickname independently for each group you participate.

..... then you (failed attribute or provide context) and said...

Sam wrote:

> I don't see manage account anywhere.

Notice how your failure to properly attribute and context also leads to a
failure to read properly and reply responsiviely to the precise words.

If you would put your reply words right under cited words to which you are
replying, the precise language would be apparent.

I am saying 'My Account' (emailaddress edit nickname) and 'manage my
memberships' (nickname) and you are saying 'manage account' -- some kind
of cross between 'my account' and 'manage my membership' because you
didn't leave my words to which you are replying in the little box you are
typing.

You can reply in GG just like a real newsreader if you just do it.

Here's an illustration of what your news message reply should look like.
http://www.anta.net/misc/nnq/nquote.shtml Q1: What is "quoting" in
newsgroup postings? - Q2: How should I use the quoted text and arrange it
with my own text?



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Mike Easter

Sam wrote:
> I don't see manage account anywhere.

Use GG help.

In GG, click Help (upper right) - provides a search tool with two buttons,
one of which is 'search groups help'. Type in 'nickname' (w/o ' - without
the quotes) and click the search-groups-help button..

The top answer is 'How can I change my nickname?' - click that.

That answer tells how to change/create a nickname when you join a group or
wheneven you post a message. (But I think) That isn't the most
'comprehensive' answer.

The second answer/ searchresult/ is 'What's my Google Groups nickname?'

That result/answer is more comprehensive. The first par gives a good
explanation of what a nickname (handle/nym) is, and the second par
explains how to change it using 'Manage my memberships'.

Note that it also sez at the end "Note: any changes you make to your
nickname in Google Groups won't be reflected on the My Accounts page."


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Mike Easter

Sam wrote:
> I don't see manage account anywhere.

(While you are logged in with the appropriate account) Click this
http://groups.google.com/groups/mysubs Manage my memberships


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Mike Easter

Bada bing Mike Easter <> bada bang:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>> Sam wrote:
>
>>>> now I can't find it.
>
>>> GG googlegroups is a very bad way to read and post to usenet, such as
>>> this group.
>>
>> Now you're going to have to explain "usenet".
>
> Since Sam had already been to a place to input 'Sam' once before but
> forgot how to get back there, I tho't I would provide the
> illustration/example - 'such as this group'. Ya' think I should've
> provided some 8x10 colored glossies with circles and arrows and a
> paragraph on the back of each one?
>
>
> He can also do it in 'manage my memberships'.
>
>

Don't make me sit you over on the Group W bench.

Mike "anything you want" Yetto
--
Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitas.
- William of Ockham

Thanks, mike that explains it. I found where ""Manage my
memberships" link was. There are at least two different places in
google account where you can specify your nickname. I did not
realize you could have a different depending in which news group you
were in. thanks again.

lbbss wrote:
> Thanks, mike that explains it. I found where ""Manage my
> memberships" link was. There are at least two different places in
> google account where you can specify your nickname. I did not
> realize you could have a different depending in which news group you
> were in. thanks again.

YW. Now we just need to:

- get you trained in replying to newsgroup messages with attribution and
trimmed context. If you are going to do no attribution or trimmed
context, then you have to paraphrase or summarize the words which you are
replying to, to manufacture context for what you type/say

- encourage you to abandon GG as a method of reading and posting to
usenet. If you would explain your exact 'needs' in terms of how you hop
from computer to computer, perhaps the situation isn't as difficult as it
might seem to you at first glance. Normally I would not be reading or
replying to your posts because they/you/your messages would be
'invisible'. I would not see you/ your posts/ because all GGers get
filtered out because of the problems with 'bad' GGers of various types -
spammers, trollers, and also hopeless newbies who cannot be induced to
post properly because of their difficulty in overcoming the tribulations
of using GG to post with


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Mike Easter

lbbss <> wrote in news:99a0e693-5539-422a-bc95-
:

> Thanks, mike that explains it. I found where ""Manage my
> memberships" link was. There are at least two different places in
> google account where you can specify your nickname. I did not
> realize you could have a different depending in which news group you
> were in. thanks again.

That is why you will remain a clueless google grouper