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quickchange / getreal / shinyone

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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.

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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

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JustineMumsnet · 06/06/2005 17:10

Hi Huggybear,
We deleted the thread you started because twice in it you said you wanted it deleted and that you were going to write to us to ask for it to go. We didn't receive any mails but maybe they went to to Tech (Tech 1's on hols and Tech 2's just had a baby so apologies if that's the case - the rest of us don't see those mails).

The thread was a bit heated with some pretty personal attacks in it, so we thought it a good idea to delete it.

We're very sorry to hear your news by the way. Do look after yourself.
The mumsnet team

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JustineMumsnet · 06/06/2005 17:20

Hi SD,
Instances like that (name changing to protect someone elses namechange identity) would fall in the category of special situations I guess - as said we'd be happy to facilitate another name were there a good reason. We agree that trouble causing name changing is not as prevalent as folk think but the fact that folks are suspicious is a good reason to cap it in our view. Sorry again to be party poopers and maybe it's something we could trial for a bit and see how it goes. Unlike other changes (I'm thinking chat rooms ) it's relatively simple to limit/ unlimit. And yes we'll give you a few days notice, so you can all make sure you've got the name you want to stick with before we switch on.

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JustineMumsnet · 06/06/2005 17:31

That was a case of fat fingers at mumsnet hq SM - really sorry about that because we've looked into it and aren't able to reinstate your thread. The fat-fingered member of us in question was supposed to have 'fessed up long ago - can't think why said person hasn't done it yet - after all what's a bit of public humiliation ?

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JJmumsnet · 06/06/2005 18:06

Hi all. Justine's nipped off for a bit, but will return later.

I am going to start a new thread on nickname changes - it would be very helpful to see hear everyone's concerns before we do it. As Justine mentioned, it is something that can easily be undone, so if it doesn't work out, not too much harm done. Ladymuck, I believe that only registered but unused (ie no posts on Talk) will be freed up for use again, if that happens at all. That way no one will be able to usurp anyone's previous identity.

Huggybear, thanks for your concerns, but these are better addressed by emailing us at [email protected] .

And sparklymieow, it wasn't me. Sorry about it though and hope things get sorted with your neighbours.

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