quickchange / getreal / shinyone

no Marina - lots of home users have variable IP's. I know mine often changes, as NTL occasionaly 'changes' them.

I feel like I'm the only person in the world who has no idea what's going on.

pixie, I think unless they have a very sophisticated home set-up most "home" users have a fixed IP address.
Work/internet cafe/public library users won't

Thanks marina, i just think maybe if enough of us email them, they will take note. This has been happening too much lately.

[email protected]

I did post I'd already notified them.

Moderator Marina

what is MN HQ email adress?! I want to sned an email rather than rely on them "seeing" this thread.....

We're so imaginative

regarding the name changing- maybe something could be done with IP addresses. they'd have to change computers then wouldn't they? (most people only have 1 IP address but I do know that some people have 'floating' IP addresses)

lol flame mine are

Gwen@xxxxx
Gwen@xxxxx
Gwenick@xxxxx
Gwenick.taff@xxxxxx
and
Gwenick2000@xxxxxxx

LOL

soupy - trolls tend to post on more than one forum, they ENJOY causing trouble, but won't go to the 'extremes' of creating new email addresses for it - it takes up too much time and effort - they prefer to be able to change 'quickly' to their new names, instead of having to re-register.

tc- have passed your request on to MN HQ.

moderator pixiefish

Enid on Monday, 6 June, 2005 3:59:39 PM

the only post I have read that is relevant to this is the one on titanias thread, and although I agree it is pretty tactless it isn't actually that offensive is it?

Well...........if it isn't that offensive bring on the "real" person.

No need for a name change is there ??

Lol - good point... flamesparrow @ prettymucheveryemailserver

but flame - how many of them have 'similar' names??

I've got 5 email addy's that I could use to register here - but they're all pretty similar (not very clever me LOL) and a lot of people DON'T have lots of email addresses....and even if they 'got' more it takes more time to set them up.

although FWIW I dont mind if name changes are limited - I usually post what I think with disregard to the consequences...

would hate to lose
HeyEnidYouveLostWeight though and HardcoreEnid

Sorry Lemonice, you had me there - I don't know anything about you and had very dodgy images in my head about what sort of "business" you were referring too!!!

Sorry Gwenick, I disagree. If they have something to say that they want to make a false name for, they will do it. It's naive to think that it wiill stop, sorry. A lot of people have more than one email address already so the extra time needed to regster will be minimal.

I think specific very upsetting examples should be dealt with, but it would be a real shame to see the name changing facility - which lots of us have totally harmless fun with - disappear.

the only post I have read that is relevant to this is the one on titanias thread, and although I agree it is pretty tactless it isn't actually that offensive is it?

I have quite a few email addys, so it wouldn't be hard for me....

I think it's important to be able to change a name for some personal matters, there is a thread which I have contributed to recently under my name but the original poster was and is anonymous for very good reasons. I considered posting anonymously on that thread for personal reasons but decided i was better using my usual name.

I can't believe how nasty some recent posts and threads have been and it bothers me a great deal that people will change their name to say something cruel and mean but wish not to have their "normal" presumably nice fluffy popular identity compromised. How cynical is that?

I think it still should be possible to change names, I use another one for example for "business" where i don't want to leave an identity trail to my mn self (just for security).

Perhaps a warning needs to come up when you change nicknames that you must adhere to mn philosophy in posting and a name change will not indemnify you from them.

but soupy - name changing is EXTREMELY quick and easy, re-registering with a different email addresses requires people to set up new email addresses too..........which takes more time, and 'in general' most trolls/malicious posters won't be bothered with that.

whether you ban name changes or not

Should people want to cause trouble under an anonymous name, they will continue to do so