Originally Posted by Kremmen
Okay, so if some people can have their handles changed, what about all the others who've been shafted by this (IMHO) stupid rule? Those who've used something to sign up to FT and assumed it was just a login ID that nobody would see and/or that they'd be able to change. Those who've picked something with their age/occupation/etc in it which have now changed. Those who've had to dump their whole handle/history/etc and lose access to Omni just to change name.
If you're going to make exceptions for some people, you should allow the others to change theirs, and you should allow those who've been forced to create new handles to combine them so that their history, post count, etc, are correct.
(And, fwiw, I'm quite happy with my handle. I'm just trying to promote the sensible, fair way over the stupid, unfair way.)
I agree with this. Many people <ahem> might sign up without really considering the prominence that a handle has in the forums.
The potential for abuse/annoying the administrators is high though. I would suggest a one-time-only chance to change your login. I would also be open to the concept of an administrative fee (surcharge??
) for the change (or maybe just require a sub to FT Premium)
[Edited to add: I took Randy up on his offer and got my handle changed from 'stl8r' to 'Cargo Cult' - I'm adding this reference for the benefit of the search engine
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