suggestion: make the "view previous username" feature permanent

[rusty_shackleford]

appears to fade after some time, keeping track of this is a pain

 

[Jenkem]

wtf, it really does stop showing up.. the trannification continues unabated.

 

[SumDrunkGuy]

You shouldn't be able to change your username peroid. Stop polluting the codex with crazy woke bullshit. Mandatory pronouns are next.

 

[Skinwalker]

Butthurt detected.

 

[Grauken]

appears to fade after some time, keeping track of this is a pain

why do you think we keep txts of users

 

[Stella Brando]

Why tho

 

[Twiglard]

You shouldn't be able to change your username peroid

It turned itself on during the upgrade. It didn't seem like a big deal at the time. Then the 'dex tankies changed their usernames in unison. Changing them back forcefully feels like violating an implicit contract on the forum. In any case, there's a full log of name changes in the ACP.

But the joke's on them, now they're stuck using these silly names.

 

[thesheeep]

I honestly don't understand why you would even want to keep track of people's old usernames.

For what purpose? To hold grudges and cuck-rate their every post? Or the other way around to fellate them with brofists cause they said something somewhere else you agreed with?
Seems damn childish...

It's not like a name change can make anyone hide their old BS posts, either.
The user ID stays the same, and that's what the system actually tracks, not whatever letters are shown in your profile.
So you can still do all that grudge-bearing - just write down their ID instead of the nick.

I'm not even sure there should be a limit to name changes at all.
If someone feels like changing their nick every 2 days, why not let them? I fail to see the harm.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

To hold grudges

Yes.
Problem?

 

[thesheeep]

To hold grudges

Yes.
Problem?

No problem. You can still do that with the name changed.
It's just an extra step of noting their user ID instead.

I'm sure old grudge-bearers won't be stopped by this minor inconvenience!

 

[Grauken]

I honestly don't understand why you would even want to keep track of people's old usernames.

For what purpose?

Mostly convenience. Yes, you can note down IDs of posters you prefer to avoid but checking new usernames against them every time is annoying. Remembering name changes makes this less irritating

 

[Zarniwoop]

I'm Commander Shepard and I approve this message

 

[thesheeep]

I honestly don't understand why you would even want to keep track of people's old usernames.

For what purpose?

Mostly convenience. Yes, you can note down IDs of posters you prefer to avoid but checking new usernames against them every time is annoying. Remembering name changes makes this less irritating

Making something you shouldn't be doing anyway - because such obsession is creepy and unhealthy - less convenient is a pro in my book.

But I'm still all for having a display of old usernames somewhere, just for the sake of transparency and satisfying curiosity.

It's a minor thing, anyway, as I can't imagine that even 1-2% of users change their names at all.
Infinitron Do we actually have any numbers of what percentage of users change their names?

 

[Grauken]

Mostly convenience. Yes, you can note down IDs of posters you prefer to avoid but checking new usernames against them every time is annoying. Remembering name changes makes this less irritating

Making something you shouldn't be doing anyway - because such obsession is creepy and unhealthy - less convenient is a pro in my book.

Creepy and unhealthy to avoid shitposters?

You do you I guess

 

[thesheeep]

Mostly convenience. Yes, you can note down IDs of posters you prefer to avoid but checking new usernames against them every time is annoying. Remembering name changes makes this less irritating

Making something you shouldn't be doing anyway - because such obsession is creepy and unhealthy - less convenient is a pro in my book.

Creepy and unhealthy to avoid shitposters?

You do you I guess

That's what ignore is for, though?

Or do you mean a use case where you would still want to see someone's post, but still somehow know their personal history as to not engage with them?

Hmmm, I could see that.
But if that is actually a desired thing, I'd much rather have a feature for it where users can assign tags to other users that they only see themselves.
While still having name changes be unrestricted.

 

[Grauken]

Or do you mean a use case where you would still want to see someone's post, but still somehow know their personal history as to not engage with them?

Pretty much this

But if that is actually a desired thing, I'd much rather have a feature for it where users can assign tags to other users that they only see themselves.
While still having name changes be unrestricted.

Sounds good, but its science fiction for this site

 

[Haba]

Great, now also put in the previous nick changes and alts in the same place.

 

[†††]

Make it so that newly changed usernames lose access to GD+shartbox for a year. They might as well be newbies again.

 

[LJ40]

a feature for it where users can assign tags to other users that they only see themselves.

This sounds like a good idea but also brings us one step closer to being GameFAQs.

 

[ElectricOtter]

loli gang continues undefeated as crusty kwanford concedes :333