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VMPhil 6 September 2012 7:34pm

Can I request a feature? That when people change thier username, the old one(s) appear in thier profile, and for a short time it appears in the little popup on their posts.

I'd like to second that. Some users have changed their username so many times that I no longer know who I'm interacting with. Maybe such anonymity is what they want, but it doesn't help to build up a community feeling. Being able to see the entire history of a user's usernames would certainly be very useful.

Just in case you had me in mind when you were writing this, I changed my name from 'VirginMediaPhil' to 'VMPhil' because (as with 'CBBC') I started to dislike the name as I got older. I decided on 'VMPhil' so that I could disassociate myself from Virgin Media whilst also making sure I didn't annoy anyone by coming up with a new name that confused everyone for months.

I also put the change in my sig for a short while, and for the whole time I was known as 'VirginMediaPhil' I had the "Formerly 'CBBC'" sig. Maybe other users could do this as well? I know a few others who have done it in the past.

I do agree with your suggestion by the way, itsrobert.

JO

Jon 6 September 2012 8:05pm

VMPhil posted:

I decided on 'VMPhil' so that I could disassociate myself from Virgin Media whilst also making sure I didn't annoy anyone by coming up with a new name that confused everyone for months..

Perhaps you should have gone with 'PlatformNeutralPhil'.

IT

itsrobert Founding member 6 September 2012 9:19pm

VMPhil posted:

itsrobert posted:

dosxuk posted:

Can I request a feature? That when people change thier username, the old one(s) appear in thier profile, and for a short time it appears in the little popup on their posts.

I'd like to second that. Some users have changed their username so many times that I no longer know who I'm interacting with. Maybe such anonymity is what they want, but it doesn't help to build up a community feeling. Being able to see the entire history of a user's usernames would certainly be very useful.

Just in case you had me in mind when you were writing this, I changed my name from 'VirginMediaPhil' to 'VMPhil' because (as with 'CBBC') I started to dislike the name as I got older. I decided on 'VMPhil' so that I could disassociate myself from Virgin Media whilst also making sure I didn't annoy anyone by coming up with a new name that confused everyone for months.

I also put the change in my sig for a short while, and for the whole time I was known as 'VirginMediaPhil' I had the "Formerly 'CBBC'" sig. Maybe other users could do this as well? I know a few others who have done it in the past.

I do agree with your suggestion by the way, itsrobert.

Phil, I definitely didn't have you in mind when I wrote that. Like you say, it's always been clear as to who you are when you've changed your username. I was hinting at those members who name themselves after a poor breakfast TV show and subsequently change to something completely unrelated without so much as a mention anywhere. It's those changes which bug me, as it's hard to keep track of who's who. I appreciate that some people may well want to press the 'reset' button so that others forget who they are, but it doesn't really help everyone to get along with each other in a consistent way.

JA

Jamesypoo 9 September 2012 12:57pm

I've noticed when you try to add the Mass Media forum to your Multiview list, it never saves.

PA

pad 10 September 2012 5:48pm

Jamesypoo posted:

I've noticed when you try to add the Mass Media forum to your Multiview list, it never saves.

What's Multiview?