The new name changing system needs a little change.

Question

People have been spamming name changes a little too much, and it's confusing as hell following who is who, especially when Moderators are trying find a user to give a warning / ban to. Perhaps we can do the following:

• Limit the number of times a person can change his / her username.
• Users need to wait a specific period of time before able to change again. Maybe an hour.

Comments

I'd suggest just lowering the window for the name change to a day or two as well.

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yeah you are right Mew. There has been a lot of overreacting with this new privilege

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btw Mew, you do know that after the week it up, you won't be able to change name for 3 months. You just need to wait a few days and the new system will be put in place.

Answer 1

Yes that is pretty annoying (and exactly why I stopped people changing their names in the first place). I think the open period has been way too long, the next one definitely will not be that long.

So next time I will probably start the thread on the 1st of the month to let everyone know, but not let people change their username until a few days later. Then keep it open for only 2-3 days.

I will also think about limiting how often you can change. A minimum of an hour or more between changes seems sensible.

Comments

Hey, could you change my name back to Reshiram-Programmer?

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Sorry, you'll have to wait for the next name change period. On the bright side, alias is a cool name :)

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What if people aren't on for 3 days then here on the fifth day? They will have missed it and not know.

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Then that would be their fault. If he keeps it any longer people start to troll and such by changing their names, and that's just annoying.

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Yeah, it is. Actually, if I could change it, I would change it to Crobat-Programmer.

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ISentByRavensI Y U change from Swaggron? It was the best name ever.
:(

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Why not just make it that  you have to change it only once or twice for 3 months.

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@Ranger that is another option, but I like that we have one period when we know people are changing usernames.