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quickchange / getreal / shinyone

116 replies

Thomcat · 06/06/2005 15:35

Dear mumsnet

Can you please do a check and see if quickchange / getreal and shinyone are all the same person and if so can you have a private word or perhaps look into barring them.

Things like this usually are water off a ducks back to me personally but she/he/it risks really, really causing serious pain to reqular mumsnetters and I think it might be a good idea to look into this.

Just an idea.

If this person is changing her name all the time just to say spiteful, nasty, things on mumsnet surely we want that stopped, right??
Anyway, nuff said, over to you to do what you think is best.

OP posts:
lemonice · 06/06/2005 16:49

If possible i would like three - the business one, my normal one and one in case I am embarrassing, please and not necessarily the extra ones I have now

SoupDragon · 06/06/2005 16:47

huggybear, email [email protected] and they'll tell you quicker.

strugstu · 06/06/2005 16:47

i dont wanna be a struggling student for ever-was planning a rather spectacular name change if i successfully complete course in september-
not that i can think of anything at the moment

huggybear · 06/06/2005 16:46

mumsnet - please could you let me know why you deleted my thread. thank you.

love huggy

Fio2 · 06/06/2005 16:46

I have forgot most of mine tbh

Gwenick · 06/06/2005 16:45

I think 2 is reasonable - our 'normal' ones and a 'mad' one...............hmmm I need a 'mad' username - someone help me out (I'm not very clever as indicated by my unimaginative username) LOL

SoupDragon · 06/06/2005 16:44

Can't we have more than 2?

And, out of interest, how will you decide which 2 of the names we already have get kept? I've got some I'm rather fond of

HeyEnidYouveLostWeight · 06/06/2005 16:44

was hoping to trot this one out quite soon...

Fio2 · 06/06/2005 16:44

it sounds vulgar enid

good point though, which names will we be left with?

Original poster
Thomcat · 06/06/2005 16:44

Thanks a lot Mumsnet, TC xx

OP posts:
hardcoreEnid · 06/06/2005 16:43

will i be left with this...

Enid · 06/06/2005 16:42

bummer

still, hey ho.

onwards and upwards they cry.

MRSflamesparrow · 06/06/2005 16:42

Please can you give us warning before it happens... I don't wanna be stuck with Flamesparrow and MrsFlamesparrow...

Ooh, how's this for imaginative - DH has always been called Boy, he could come on as FLAMEBOY!!

MNHQ
JustineMumsnet · 06/06/2005 16:39

Hi All,
We've been discussing the name changing thing internally recently as it happens, both because of the ability to use it to cause trouble and just as importantly because of the possibility that any new poster may be a name changer or the same person posting under multiple names, which inevitably leads to an atmosphere of suspicion. (This thread is a good example because we can confirm that quickchange, getreal and shinyone, though name changers, are in fact 3 different people).

As Marina rightly points out the number of users, threads and name changes makes it hard to keep up with who's just having fun (by far the majority) and who's trying to cause trouble.

We've raised before the notion of restricting names to two per registration, with the idea that you have one name for everyday use and a further one for sensitive stuff. We believe this is the way to go now.

Of course Soupdragon is right it won't stop the ability to troll if you are determined, but it will make it more difficult to cause trouble and to confuse. We know some people enjoy having some perfectly innocent fun with name changing and we're sorry to be party poopers in that respect but on balance we think limiting name changes is the sensible thing to do. Were anyone to desperately want/need another name for a pressing reason, we'd happily facilitate on an ad hoc basis and I'm sure Tech could do a special Christmas namechange facility too.
As mumsnet grows (as we hope it might ) it's going to become even more of an issue to keep track of things, so we hope you agree the limit is the right way to go. Tech's away this week (again you cry!) but we'll get onto it soon. Naturally if you have objections/ reasons why you think this is a bad idea - do post them here or write to us directly and we'll give it further thought.
Thanks,
Team mumsnet

SoupDragon · 06/06/2005 16:38

"Not the one I've had many encounters with - she just used name changing facilities, but admittedly did have 2 or 3 different user ID's on forums where names couldn't be changed"

Er... if names couldnt be changed, how did she change them with only one email address then? Could you register more than once with the same address?

Gwenick · 06/06/2005 16:37

Fuchsia

MRSflamesparrow · 06/06/2005 16:37

Thankyou sooo much!

bossykate · 06/06/2005 16:36

fuchsia

MRSflamesparrow · 06/06/2005 16:35

I'm still trying to work out how to spell fushia/fucshia... the bright pink colour/flower after trying to write it the other day!!!

jessicasmummy · 06/06/2005 16:34

PMSL now - coz i only got a C!

Fio2 · 06/06/2005 16:34

I just couldnt work out whether it was a S or a T and I got an A in GCSE English

MRSflamesparrow · 06/06/2005 16:33

Damn... I'm still sat here. I am cuddling DD though... does that count??

huggybear · 06/06/2005 16:33

i think my threads been deleted. not sure why. if you could let me know mumsnet that be great, thanks

MRSflamesparrow · 06/06/2005 16:33

Sorry - I wasn't trying to be rude either... it would have been floating round in my head all evening, so I thought it was easier to ask

Gwenick · 06/06/2005 16:32

And I'd bet that the persistant trolls have more email addresses than you can shake a stick at.

Not the one I've had many encounters with - she just used name changing facilities, but admittedly did have 2 or 3 different user ID's on forums where names couldn't be changed - but it was still OBVIOULSY her.

Flamesparrow - I have been and swept my kitchen floor, put the coats away and put some clothes in the tumble dryer