Can we have a topic where name changing is not allowed?

MrsV I tend to find out who won before I watch. Much easier. I like to see what necklace Lewis Hamilton is wearing in the post race interview too.

I cannot watch the before race grid walk as it's too cringey.

I like

Most forms of alcohol
I'm Scottish so have no understanding of Cricket whatsoever, watch tennis when andy Murray is playing
Have recently discovered kfc gravy

Bathsheba

I've been here years, and was very prolific in 'helping' when the mobile site was set up.

Shameful, I tell you.

Cross posted with lots of lovely tennis. Fuck.

Big YES from me. Haven't RTWFT yet but yes please.

I shall be

DiamondsTrumpNotHearts

Great idea Worra and everyone

Lovely to see so many familiar faces here, and maybe that's what Worra is yearning for.

I don't know. I nc a lot, but "properly" - one consistent name within each topic and never a GF or socky or cunt on any of them as far as I can manage.

I should also point out that there are plenty of people who post relatively frequently but only on _Chat and 30 Days so they look very new on an AS but MNHQ can presumably see that there have been eleventy squillion posts over five years or whatever.

I never use Local, partly because I registered for it a long time ago with a functional username relating to a local support group I was running at the time. I'm not associated with them any more, so I'm not going to use it. But I can't change my Local ID at all so that area is effectively blocked off to me forever.

I've been asking for aaaaages for restriction on nc-ing on a thread you've already posted on. This started from my own embarrassment at a thread on which I was the OP as say HaemorrhagicPiles and replied later as MrsHathaway ... and had a flurry of helpful but alarmed PMs pointing out my cock up. MNHQ have always been very gracious and prompt at covering up my nc slips but I do think at the very least if you try to post in a new name on a TIO you should get a prompt saying "You have already posted on this thread as HaemorrhagicPiles: are you sure you want to post as MrsHathaway?" and you click on "post as HaemorrhagicPiles", "post as MrsHathaway" or "cancel".

If MNHQ wanted a challenge then every time someone clicked on the sock puppet option it would send MNHQ a notification.

Anyway that's my original contribution to this thread. I agree that it's good to recognise nicknames and build up a rapport with people. I agree that malicious or capricious name changing is a problem. But I do not accept that MN is fundamentally different from other online forums or social media except in its nc function and swear tolerance. Losing nc generally would massively reduce the appeal of MN to trolls, yes, but also to genuine posters in genuine need of the help and support that the site is meant to be for. And I think that would be a shame.

I wouldn't want to block a Regular Scorner but I don't accept the rationale behind it. Why can't it be a quiche in good faith?

We look for eyed at MNHQ until they realise what a marvellous idea this is.

Sparks

We don't have Sky but DH is an avid D1 fan. I love Lewis Hamilton. Hope Nico is effed off the team asap.

My point was that I always have to see the race results if its not live. DH gets most annoyed because he says the way i then refer to the race gives the winner away.

I don't see the point of waiting hours for the result if you can already know.

Ah well.

I like gin and whiskey and brandy and most things with alcohol in. Apart from white wine
Soooo-what do we do now?

MrsV same here! I've recently discovered the I'm On button too! I've been a member for a year and 4 months!

I seem to be watching David Beckham at the moment. Can't find the remote.

That's why we have tennis threads.

We can talk as much tennis bollocks as we like and no-one cares.

I didn't even start the tennis talk.

Woe is me.

I quite like F1. You can follow it but not have to concentrate. Or watch first lap and last lap. Job done.

Like gin
Like tennis, football and The Ashes.
Like watercress by the bucket load.

I tolerate tennis and cricket. The rest is bollocks.

Tbf, cricket is mainly because I deeply appreciate the fact that they stop for lunch.

Spectre I don't like tennis either. Or gin. And I'm not sorry.

My name is Sparklingbrook and I don't like tennis either. Or Rugby or Cricket. I put up with football.

Sorry.

Ffs. wafgle ? Wtf ?

WAFFLE

Spectre

Only joking ! Don't bother me, I can wafgle about any old nonsense. As you may well already be aware.

Don't like tennis ?

Cress is the stuff you grow on cotton wool then forget.
However, I have a deep dark secret that may get me barred.
idontliketennis.
I'm sorry.

O.M.G.

Cremola foam ? Lush stuff. We could mix gin or wodka with that.

Can I join? I can't ever be arsed name changing, oh and I have creamola foam.....