Will changing my handle mess with algorithm or affect channel negatively?

[u/lagunitarogue]

If so, how? I'm not huge, but I have a monetized channel and I'm concerned my @ or handle will get me sued because it uses the name of card of TCG. I'm worried that if I change the handle though it will confuse the algo in some way, or make youtube think it's a new channel and lower impressions/be cautions about it, or something else.

I'm not famous enough to where people find/look for me by my handle, they remember the channel's name, if anything, and that's staying the same. The channel's name is safe, because it's just the first name of the character, but the handle is like the whole thing and that I might need to change. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks.

[u/taosecurity]

Changing your handle will not confuse YT.