Go to the User Login Page and enter your requested nickname and an e-mail address. If neither the nickname nor password have been entered into the system yet, you will be mailed an initial password. You can then login to change your password, as well as all of your other settings.

Can I change my nickname?

You can't. Sorry. It's just too prone to abuse. You can't delete your own comments. You can't change your name. There are no exceptions to this.

How do I change my password?

Go to the User Info Editing Page while you are logged in and use the form provided there.

How can I delete my account?

You can't. The system needs to keep track of the users, so accounts are permanent. Don't sweat leaving unused accounts hanging around. It doesn't hurt anything.

I forgot/can't get my password!

You should be able to get it from the User Login Page. Just type in your nickname and hit 'mailpasswd' and your password will be whisked off to your email address.

I'm having trouble logging in.

Make sure you have cookies turned on. If you don't, it won't work. In an handful of cases, the problem could be related to a problem with a proxy server, but this is very unlikely.

I don't want to accept a cookie!

A lot of people are paranoid about cookies, and not without reason, but the simple fact is that this is how you create persistence in a stateless protocol. If you don't want to use cookies, you don't have to. You can still post (either anonymously, or by entering your password each time you submit a comment) but you will not be able to use all of the advanced features of the site (i.e. story filtering, customized Slashboxes, user preferences etc.). If your paranoia requires you not to use cookies, this is the sacrifice you'll have to make.

Why do I keep getting randomly logged out?