"post with a different nickname"?

[viperslast]

Is this new? Why has it been added? What does it do??

Hello hello

Yes, this was done because namechanging on the mobile site was a right faff - and as more and more of you are using the mobile site, we wanted to improve your user experience

Posters are allowed to namechange on Mumsnet - mid-thread if they like; this has always been the case. What's not allowed is using the namechange facility to mislead - that is, to back yourself up as though you were two completely separate posters, or 'talk' to yourself (unless it's obviously a joke), etc.

Without giving too much away, we definitely have Ways of Knowing that posters are namechanging on threads. So if you suspect someone is namechanging to mislead, please report the thread to us and we'll get on it.

As to the just-for-one-post thing - we'll come back to you on that one

I think it's brilliant Rowan, thank you

Surely it shows you as "pink" or whatever colour as the OP no matter what NN you use. So a thread full of sock puppets would be obvious

No, posts aren't coloured if the OP changes name, giraffes, never have been.

There would be very little point in name changing if that were the case, giraffes my lovely.

Only the original nick name is highlighted.

Why do I not have this?

I like the idea.

It's such a faff when you want to post under another name and have to go through registration etc to do so.

"So if you suspect someone is namechanging to mislead, please report the thread to us and we'll get on it."

obviously this rule doesn't count if it's all for a laff, does it?
when everyone is aware this is happening :)

I never post under another name. I want to now. But then i wouldn't be me.

Testing

Cool

Thanks Rowan. It is much easier than it used to be, mainly because I can never get it to switch back to mobile! You do still need to faff to get the name change set up...