That's sort of a mix between how it is now and how it's planned.
On LiveJournal, the flow goes: Person buys rename token for their journal Person applies rename token and desired destination username (If destination username is a purged personal journal) automatic job is kicked off to change comments and community entries to the format of "ex_$whoeve###" Automatic job assigns new username to the renamed journal, and either redirects or deletes the old username, depending.
It will eventually be automatic on DW; renames aren't being currently sold in the shop because it's not automatic. Right now it's mostly being done in cases of obvious typo on account creation.
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On LiveJournal, the flow goes:
Person buys rename token for their journal
Person applies rename token and desired destination username
(If destination username is a purged personal journal) automatic job is kicked off to change comments and community entries to the format of "ex_$whoeve###"
Automatic job assigns new username to the renamed journal, and either redirects or deletes the old username, depending.
It will eventually be automatic on DW; renames aren't being currently sold in the shop because it's not automatic. Right now it's mostly being done in cases of obvious typo on account creation.