mdyFor the few people who might care: if you see an account with my old username at the birdsite, it's not me.
EridanusSide effect: all our DM conversations (i.e. from Apr 2008 onwards) instantly disappeared from my "Messages" stream.
However, I still have /your/ DMs in the form of email notifications.
I /may/ still even have many of my own DMs: some years ago, I applied for & received my birdsite archive—though I don't recall if DMs were included.