Requirements for full/drastic username changes

Me three!

There is no point in discussing this with the community. Those who don't have near enough requirements will want to bring it down, not realizing how available this will be if it comes to that. Let it be a staff exclusive thing imo.

I will support little modifications/additions to an already existing username though.

Examples:

Dunworry > Dunworrypops
Laptop65 > Laptopers
Ghast > Ghastly (rip name taken)

 

I think they should exist if the base of your name isn't changing. Like those you said but also shortening names to well-known nicknames.

Such as if R2Pleasant wasn't mod he would request R2P if he wanted, etc.

 

unb4nn3d -> shin
RSMW2 -> Dave

Stuff like that. At least define the requirements, like staff, or what have you. Don't make it some weird thing that does exist, but then again doesn't. If it's staff only, or something like that, just clearly say so

 

Lol I'm RwmRS2, Dave was BSGPSeller

 

After some thought today I cant really say I even do Support this either. People Should of got the name they wanted when they first signed up to sythe. You have went this long without a complete name change why does everyone need it now. Maybe I'm being alittle one sided as I don't want a name change. It just seems like it would get old having to check everyone's usertitles to see who they was before. Minor name changes I thought was great tho for people that miss spelled names and ect.

Anyways I know not to long ago I said 300-500 donor was to high but there are not a lot of them so it would be more easy to maintain that way. I agree it should be a high donor perk if it is to be done at all or atleast have stupid high requirements.

Honestly tho I just don't think its the best idea to let people change there names.

 

$100-$200 Donor
SVU
2FA
1k Posts or 50+ vouches
No previous Bans or TWC's.

 

I personally dont think it should be implemented.. seeing as I wont need it.. and its just seems too manic ... uneeded/unnecessary. . The minor changes are perfect really.

However, I'll leave a list of requirements for it incase.

$100-200.
1000-2000+ posts OR 3years+ member.
SVU & 2FA.
Never have a ban/TWC/scam report against you (not including imposter related)
Never have needed to be pardoned.
Only allowed name changes once or twice
People cannot change to another/previous member.

Explained:
1. People are not made of money. However it should be limited to donors.
2. Members need to be active within post counts or a 3year plus standing member, is a reasonable amount to ensure people arent a risk.
3. Have some personal information held by staff, (checked by mod to see if its real number). Must have 2fa enabled incase of hackers.
4 & 5. These people can be a risk. Pardoned or not.
6 & 7. Twice because someone may want a drastic change. . Then revert back. 7 is obvious.

Don't agree with vouches as people may not use market.
Not sure how an ipcheck is done.

 

Not sure about the pardoned part. You'd be surprised how many of the very trusted people here on Sythe have been pardoned before. But I agree with only being allowed to do this once. It shouldn't be like RuneScape, where you can do it every 24 days or so. This should be something like you have this option once, be sure you're willing to commit to it.

 

im in favor of a lower donation amount and more stringent other requirements.

and ditch the scam report idea, sonia. people make all kinds of shit reports that linger around; i don't think it should affect your ability to get a name change. additionally, we'll review all drastic name changes a lot more thoroughly than we're doing for simple name changes right now, so if people are up to naughtiness, we should catch it

 

Agreed with this. Additionally....

$300+ Donor, 3k+ posts, 3+ years, no TWC or open scam report(s), 2fa, vouch number is iffy since I realize some aren't market active. Make it available once for all members who meet these requirements. Maybe make it so that the name change gets revoked if the user obtains a TWC/is banned, even temporarily, within one year?

 

kind of agree because its fishy

edit: get it? fishy? fishy as in your name and also that somethings fishy? eh? ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

Yeah, 300-500$ is way too much imo. Maybe 100$ would be fine. The idea of vouches is dumb due to the number of people who don't actively participate in the market. Scam reports are also dumb as super stated above. SVU has been discussed and agreed on as worthless, so no. 2FA is also a dumb requirement since it can be disabled. The following is what I think should be included with the reason.

I'm okay with the following reqs (exact number can vary):
Certain donor req: 50-200$
>donor perks
Post count: 500-2000
>to award active members, allow only heavily involved members to do this
Join date: 6mo-1 year
>prevent new members to spam up the pc requirement

Keep in mind that yeah, initially a good amount of people will change names, but this will quickly die down with the above reqs (if im correct that this change can only be made once). Make sure there's a good reason to set such high requirements before doing so with no good reason.


Also...this thread is about the requirements? Not about whether it should happen? Tbh I'm indifferent to it/slightly opposed if that's the case

 

• $100+ Donor
• SVU
• 2FA
• 1k+ Posts
• 2 Year Member

 

How come only high donor rank guys keep saying namechange should be related with how much you've donated?
Not everyone makes a huge amount of money here, if you've earned like 5000$ here, donating 300$ is nothing... But if you earned 200$ and you donated 50$, then you were more generous.

Requirements should be like:
1000-1500+ posts
2 year join date
2FA(SVU means nothing imho)
25-50$ donor

 

considering how many problems a name changes can and will cause i think it should be only given to members that support the forum to make over looking the hassle more worth it to the staff ;/

$300-$500 small add ins /removing parts of a name that isn't numbers / spaces

and 1k + for completely new unrelated name change ( these are bad and confusing and should be limited to those who support the forum greatly)

 

Donated atleast $100
Be a member for atleast 2 years
No previous bans for scamming.
2fa enabled
Usertitle changed to previous name for a minium of 1 year.

or this

Reserve it for mods who have a retarded name.

 

Idk why people think this will have some huge effect and nobody will know who anybody is, this is a feature on MOST online forums not running vBulletin.

 

It's more about keeping a standard of authenticity. If you make this overly available to a lot of people, a good majority of active members will have completely different usernames. This will be more annoying than anything. Is this feature which you speak of available on blackmarket forums where identity is vital? If you want a username that is not of modified origin relevant to the one you currently have that desperately, make a new account and start over. There needs to be some sacrifice, or a trade off for complex changes. We shouldn't be giving it out like candy.

This is why you either instruct high-end requirements, or keep it the way it was, only available to staff members with unprofessional usernames.

A lot of people aren't objectively setting requirements. They're selfishly setting ones within reach of themselves.

 

you forget all the work that mods would have to do changing thread titles etc. please if people forgetting who the person was originaly have time w/ scam reports etc.

 

Another common feature is allowing users to modify their own thread titles but I guess that's for a different discussion.