Facebook / Twitter / Instagram - New accounts or not?

[byanyothername]

Hiya,

I just wanted to find out what you have all done with regards to your social media accounts. I am active on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and I'm currently unsure as to whether to keep using my existing accounts and just change them one day, or to create new accounts and add my friends, followers etc. I'm struggling with it because while I don't want to be stealth necessarily, I also don't want it to be massively obvious to people that I'm trans. I also don't want to have to build it all up again from scratch.

What did you all do, and why? Thanks :-)

Emily x

[sara.lynn]

I'm pondering the same thing,  for exactly the same reasons.   I'd love to know what others have done as well.

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[Denise]

My plan is to keep same accounts and change the name.  If people start getting obnoxious I'll either silence them or unfriend.

Real friends will be interested, others can go their own way and  unfriend or unfollow me, no questions asked.

[FTMax]

Facebook I kept the same and just changed my name. I didn't put up a note or anything about it. Prior to the update, I pruned my friends list and removed anybody that I hadn't spoken to in a long time or that I thought might not be accepting. I come from a really small town and gossip travels fast, so it was mostly people I had known in high school that were unfriended. I also deleted or made private a lot of pictures. I think I only have a few visible photo albums, and they are all very selective.

Twitter I changed the name, but ultimately stopped using.

Instagram I changed the name and made private for a while. I work as a hospitality consultant and all of my clients use Instagram to promote their businesses, and I didn't want them seeing anything so it made sense to lock it down for a bit. Now I've told them all, and it's public again.

Never had any issues with the way I handled any of them.

[lisarenee]

I created new accounts for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Most of my Facebook friends were people I knew from church or campus ministries. More than likely, I would have ended up having to unfriend most of them had I kept the same account.

For LinkedIn, I pruned a few folks who I thought might not be accepting and just changed my name and picture.

[为你等多久]

If I start transition I won't create a new account. But I may unfriend some people in it and change my name and other information. And I will keep the people who are trustworthy.

[byanyothername]

Thank for everybody's input. At this point I think I'll be keeping my existing accounts and just making my old photos private. Seems like the simplest option and I don't have that many friends anyway ;-)


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[cindianna_jones]

After trying to engage my family for the past several years....
After getting grilled by my family for posts they've seen that I've just liked...
After being positive, cutting out any positive posts I'd like on my wall, after keeping all things sterile...
After not getting any feedback from my family...
After not meeting anyone that I'd like to spend with...

Two days ago, I deactivated my FaceBook account and started a new one under another name.
I joined a couple lesbian groups and now I'm posting the things that are important to me. I've "friended" many new people and I'll see where it goes. If any of you need my new FB address, please PM me and I'll send it to you. Also, if anyone else here would like to do the same, please let me know. I'm sick and tired of pretending to be who I am not... even though everyone already knows. My friends list is kept private to keep everyone safe.

Cindi

[lisarenee]

To add to my previous reply...I added those I wanted to keep on my new account as friends. I ended up unfriending them on the old account because having mutual friends was causing my new account to pop up as "someone you may" know on my old account and vice versa. When I created my new accounts I wasn't full time yet, so that also contributed to choosing the new account route.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do with Google. I could either create a new account or just unfriend a couple people and change the name and picture. The problem is 1) I used that account to buy Apps in the Play Store, etc...so creating a new account would mean having to buy everything again, and 2) While I can unfriend and change my name and picture, I cannot change the email (gmail) address associated with the account like I was able to do with Facebook (preventing anyone from finding me by my old email address). Personally, this isn't too much of an issue as I never really used Google+, but I hate seeing the old picture/name every time I access any Google sites, such as Google Calendar.

[Andie73]

I've been pondering these things too... Facebook is still male... Hadn't used Tumblr before a couple months ago, so that one is Andie... Created a new email account, will probably still use the other one or two as needed. 

I did create a new facebook account as Andie, but I am leaning towards just renaming eventually. The hard part is trying to stay quiet on facebook about it because I have work mates friended.


*hugs*
Andie

[byanyothername]

Yes the work friends is my main problem too Andie. I need to wait until I've come out at work before I can start being too obvious!


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[graspthesanity]

I did a good cleanse on my Facebook before I changed my name though and I decided to continue it even if it has photos of me with long hair. When it comes to Twitter, Instagram, Blogger I either did a post or just continue posting with the trans hashtags as if it has always been this way.

[jsmastah]

I've just updated my names and told everyone! I've had some negativity directed toward me, but nothing major. Just uneducated morons.

[AshleyMichelle]

Double accounts, anyone who didnt know found out eventually, and those that knew, friended my new profile immediately. I don't really want any connection to who I used to be. The reminders cause me more stress than its worth.