It's clear the main thread antagonists should get a room. I believe the going rate is $400 for an hour. Let's start a gofundme. :P
As for the original topic, most providers change their name in order to run away from the old one. You can imagine all of the scenarios why that would be necessary. The more professional ones do it as a marketing gimmick. Always a good idea to refresh your brand every several years.
Originally Posted by bkfantasy
I can remember several well-liked providers who kept their first and original and Only handles through their whole hobby-runs. They never got in relevant trouble on the boards, always had "regular clients", many of them could go UTR and not have anything to do with the boards. In fact solid providers "pick and choose" clients, not the other way around. They can "pick and choose" clients because they have the consistent "market demand", and no matter what their hobby-handle is....
That being said- providers are at higher risk of being "outed" in real-life and they sometimes have to Dispatch their online associations of a hobby "handle" quick. Providers also sometimes acquire Stalkers and Weird Hobbyists who monitor all their hobby-behavior. Plenty of reasons for providers to quickly Lose their hobby-handles. It's not always about their popularity or if they screwed up in some way. And, sure, many of them DO want to "re-brand" after they screw-up in some way....
I had ATF's who kept the same hobby-names their whole hobby-runs. And I had ATF's who changed their-names specifically because of "outing" risks in their private lives. All of them Performed...Excellently with varied hobby-names so I kept doing business with them.....
If any provider ever wants to "re-brand" her image she should return to the scene offering More....Rare.....Services than she did before. Sound like satire? Indeed- More Rare Services = Better.....Personality with varied providers. This is all Industry Standard, folks.....