Ok, what am I missing? Seems like this has already been handled by the '06 decision. Is this a solution in search of a problem?

And jackal, "If we do not allow them to overcome the problems caused by their initial handle choices, we end up simply driving them away, which is a detriment to the FlyerTalk community.". What major problems? And seriously, people are going to leave a BB that offers them info re: their travel programs, etc, because they might not be able to change a handle??? I'm not buying into that wholesale.

Whether goalie posts under goalie or slapshot (using that as an example), I base my opinion of him on the quality of his posts, not his handle. I do know some people who have graduated college or gotten PhDs or their law degrees or moved since joining FT, yet people still know who they are from their first-registered handle. I've heard some of them say yup, should have thought about it more when joining - but they're laughing when they say it so it's not the be-all & end-all of their FT existance or a problem for them.

Actually about the only thing I could possibly see changing from '06, if someone is approved a handle change that their join date/post count doesn't reset to zero/new date, but I have no idea if that's something that's software-required or not. If so, then it's another thing for the person making a handle change request to think about before requesting such a change.

Cheers.