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After the last thread not likely.. Hey maybe you should change your username so we don't notice you're the same person :p

OP, can you state any reason to allow users to change nicknames more frequently? Your only valid reason - to return to previous nick, has little to do with your suggestions of more frequent change of nickname.

In your original topic, there was a few valid points by other users why allowing frequent nickname change is harmful for community.

Effectively it is allowing anonymous messages. This always makes communication less civil.
I would in opposite suggest to perform seeing through user's comment history.

Having more or less permanent nicknames adds responsibility over what users are saying, that's fine enough reason not to allow frequent change <3

If you are ashamed of yourself, you can't start from clean page. It is perfectly correct for others to regard you considering your past doing/saying. E.g. if you have discredited yourself in front of someone who would prefer not to read your comments anymore, it is unfair to fool them, what do you think? Your nickname exists not for yourself, as a way to decorate your account, but for others. Also if you are not happy with your new nickname, long cool-down for changing is a good time to think over and understand that you should be aware of what you are doing. In future.

gotta start a new thread (like the sg-messiah did) so people forget about past events!

don't hold a grudge, assholes <3

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I'm all for extending name change delay to 5 years!

I don't see a reason for a change.
If one wants it because of mistakes in the past: it might be better to use that year to redeem himself instead of the cheap short cut.
You can't control how others think of you but you can control your own behaviour.

As to a spelling mistake upon creation or a change of identity, those will find the once per year sufficient I would think.

Allowing the staff to change our usernames through tickets.

Oh god no, ticket times are long enough

Allowing us to return to previous usernames any time we want (since we already used them anyway, so there should be no problem with that).

Cool, so now users can hog more than one name!

Reducing the 1-year limit.

Meh, I'd like a month limit, but there's no real need.

Allowing us to change our usernames any time we want (I suspect this is the one most people have an issue with).

I wouldn't mind, but again, no need.

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I'm curious as to what your reasoning behind these suggested changes/idea's is?
For example: what's the point of a username at all if it can be changed at any time to any other name (apart from the names claimed by others)?

Adding your argumentation/reasoning to the first post for the options you mentioned would make it a better thread I'd think. At least easier to try and convince relatively neutral people with.

Someone could argue that if a person has a problem with their username that often they could put a little more thought into it so they chose something they can live with for a year. Or that changing all the time could make it easy to get rid of a bad reputation.

How about just one name change, ever. (In case you fucked up when you registered)

That way trolls won't have a feature allowing them to hide in plain sight and will instead have to hold themselves accountable for their comments.

Kind of annoying so many people are so against it, I legitimately am willing to pay the $7 a month patron fee if they will just add one instant name change. I usually don't let threads bother me but I have been wanting a name change ever since I automatically got stuck with this one because I didn't realize when signing up it would make keep my steam name at that time. I was new to steam and experimenting with which name I wanted to keep. I have great rep and me changing my name hurts no one. Yes not everyone should be able to change their name all the time however I feel like if they have no negative issues in the community than why not? If people are still worried about it just add a past username drop down like steam does.

Who cares about this except these no lifes that spend 4-6 hours a day on SG. It should always be allowed any time you want.

Changing name for what?
I think only one thing to do is letting us change name to old name. Rest nope

lol, stand behind what you post

I didn't even know you could change your username at all, now I'd like a username history like steam please. Registration should definitely put an alert saying that usernames are permanent though. The problem is with the "more often", I'm fine with users reverting back to an old username quickly within days(if the tickets were that quick) but am on the side to "stick to one" and not jumping back and forth between usernames, and definitely not more than two usernames. More work on cg's part to implement an auto system and you know some people will abuse whatever there is even if it costs a lot of money. I wouldn't mind if it was limited to ONE "instant"(maybe with a week delay) name change for $20 and one revert but only one each per account forever, think carefully, and then get rid of changing usernames through tickets altogether :P so you're stuck with it.

You commented that being able to identify someone easily is an entitlement but I think being able to change usernames all the time is more so, you can't change names legally that quickly irl or at all on most websites.

I vote username changes can be made on Olympic years, and only to Animoji's.

wooooooo part 2

And he got suspended... fun times...

I don't really understand why SG doesn't just use the Steam community name (and the Steam community name change policy) and leave it at that.

I suppose they could start charging $ for name changes, like Blizzard and Microsoft. That would certainly deter any "abuse".