Originally Posted by
jackal
I will not relay the details, as that would be a breach of privacy, but I have personally facilitated communication between members who were in exactly this situation and the forum administration. It may not be a problem visible to you, but it is a real problem, and when a problem affects the quality of a member's participation in the FlyerTalk community, I am strongly driven to fix it.
That's because those for whom it is not a laughing matter simply do not post. They're less engaged in the FlyerTalk community, so you don't know about them.
I'm slightly confused at your negative stance, because that is pretty much exactly what this proposal does.
No, the forum software does not require the post-count/join-date to be reset.
I'm not trying to be negative, but I guess you haven't convinced me that this is a widespread problem - nor one that isn't already addressed by the '06 decision.
According to that they can change their handle one time, although they have to make a clear case for why they want the change.
Cheers.