Could we have a default username?

Hi @AllHisCaterpillarFriends. Thanks for your feedback.

It's a tricky one because there are so many options with something like this and no option that will suit everyone. We did it this way so that there was the least chance of someone outing themselves accidentally. (BTW, if that does happen, just drop us a line and we can usually do a quick namechange on the thread fairly quickly for you).

As things stand, your name always defaults to the name you have previously used on that thread so that stops people sockying too easily but mainly it's so that if you've been away and posted elsewhere under another name, you don't out yourself when you return. If it's your first post on a thread, it will default to your current user name, so yes, that's where you have to remember to change name first. Also - just checking you're aware - you don't have to do that in settings, you can literally just change the name manually in the box when you go to post as a previous poster has pointed out.

We felt this was probably the most useful way to do it all round, with the least opportunity for name change mishaps. But we're always open to ideas so we'll keep reading the posts here to get a feel for people's thoughts on it all.

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Could we have a default username?