any chance of being able to change my screen name on my account and retain my existing reviews, article and comments? name change is not to be abused. say maybe a maximum of once in any five year period.
From time to time someone posts on the board asking how to change their screen-name - it seems as if something certain folks want (plus the ones that want to and don't know how and don't post/ask about-it).
Some people may hastily create any ole name when creating an account thinking they may not really use TUSCL much and then decide they wanna use TUSCL more but now want a better name, etc - i.e. seems there's a need for it albeit not a huge one; so it'd be more efficient if one had that capability (of changing one's username).
w.r.t. it being abused by trolls:
a) there's already an easy way for trolls to post under different names
b) a person that changes their name would still have all their TUSCL history under the new-name so it's not as if he would be a completely anonymous troll
To mitigate abuse Founder can place a limit on name-changes - e.g. 3 - after that they would need to PM Founder if they wanna change it again and Founder could be aware that is not a troll and someone just wanting to change their name for a non-troll reason - and he can then reset the count to 3 again for those that like changing their name for w/e non-troll reason.
w.r.t. it creating confusion - it should be the person's prerogative to change-their/use-whatever name and most people will catch-on pretty-quick anyway and soon forget the old-name (plus limiting it to 3 changes would again mitigate abuse).
Just b/c some may abuse it one should not throw-out the PL with the bath water - the more options a user has over his account w/o having to PM Founder for everything the better PL-experience IMHPLO.
I changed my name by making a new account but it would have been nice to have the reviews from my other account attached to this one.
Perhaps to bring in some more money to the site and make sure the people that do it really want it done, a fee could be charged like $9.99 for a name change.
i’m gonna pm founder for a new screen name AND make it retroactive for all my existing reviews, article and comments. im gonna try for Mr. Wonderful. or if that is not available maybe Mr. Wonderful too. it is in honor of a former co-worker years ago. i’ll keep the tijuana based avatars.
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Some people may hastily create any ole name when creating an account thinking they may not really use TUSCL much and then decide they wanna use TUSCL more but now want a better name, etc - i.e. seems there's a need for it albeit not a huge one; so it'd be more efficient if one had that capability (of changing one's username).
w.r.t. it being abused by trolls:
a) there's already an easy way for trolls to post under different names
b) a person that changes their name would still have all their TUSCL history under the new-name so it's not as if he would be a completely anonymous troll
To mitigate abuse Founder can place a limit on name-changes - e.g. 3 - after that they would need to PM Founder if they wanna change it again and Founder could be aware that is not a troll and someone just wanting to change their name for a non-troll reason - and he can then reset the count to 3 again for those that like changing their name for w/e non-troll reason.
w.r.t. it creating confusion - it should be the person's prerogative to change-their/use-whatever name and most people will catch-on pretty-quick anyway and soon forget the old-name (plus limiting it to 3 changes would again mitigate abuse).
Just b/c some may abuse it one should not throw-out the PL with the bath water - the more options a user has over his account w/o having to PM Founder for everything the better PL-experience IMHPLO.
The dancers change their names all the time when they want to change their identities, etc. Why not the same for the us mongers, PL's and TUSCL'ers?
Perhaps to bring in some more money to the site and make sure the people that do it really want it done, a fee could be charged like $9.99 for a name change.
if that was true i would keep my present screen name.
Jim Gaffigan just so SJG can find me