MN HQ, as it seems you can't do anything about the user1000000786533333 glitch, could you at least say, limit the amount of posts until they name change?

[WannaBe]

Seriously, it's impossible to engage on a thread where there are multiple posters called "user" followed by however many numbers there are. And most of them refuse to name change

Surely given that you can't or won't do something about whatever it is that's generating these random nicknames the alternative is to put something in place which means that the poster either can't post until they have a proper username, or limit their postings to say, two or three before they have to change.

[paxillin]

It's really not the horrific set of circumstances some of you make it out to be.

No it isn't. It does increase trolling and goadyfuckery though because it is so easy to hide behind the numbers. I remember particularly unpleasant posters. I sort of assign all the goading and trolling I've seen by userNumbers to ALL the userNumbers since there is no way to distinguish.

[ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe]

It's not horrific but it is annoying.

When the user names first started I did think they were one poster, and almost reported the lot of then for trolling. Just because one was a single mother, getting divorced, had seven children, was on benefits and ran a successful company. All at the same time at 21 years. Or so I thought.

Please get proper name.

[SlottedSpoon]

Whereas I know who Yonic is, remember the name & know I'll be interested in his/her posts & want to engage/offer advice. The numeric posters just become one amporhous poster, to me.

Yes I think that's the crux of it. Not to mention that as User1937570505 you can be a repeatedly be a total git and get away with it because no-one while be able to remember which 'user' you were. Hang on, that could be useful....