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mn hq, IMO one of the things that enables trolling here is unlimited namechanges. And it's destroying your website.

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wannaBe · 02/06/2010 13:29

No other sites allow unlimited namechanges, and they manage.

And yes other sites have trolls but generally these are long-term nasty ones that are horrible and do get outed after a time, mn hq has probably tens if not hundreds of troll posts a day.

I realize that sometimes people do wish to namechange to post sensitive things, but there must be a way to indicate that a namechanger is actually a regular poster "I'm a regular but have namechanged" isn't a sure way to know that as anyone can read these forums and post that to make themselves plausible.

It is getting to the point where people will be afraid to answer posts from first time posters or even new-ish posters because they are probably trolls having a laugh.

And tbh I do think most of these trolls are probably the same poster a lot of the time.

Please can something be done?

OliviaMumsnet · 02/06/2010 15:03

Hello
Just wanted to let you know we've seen this.

It's a tricky call - because without unlimited name-changes there would be less fun with festive/world cup name changes etc and that's one of the things we and, we think, you like.

And often the unlimited name-changing has nothing to do with it - someone with a genuine problem could just as easily open a new MN account rather than name change their usual one.

We know trolls are not only irksome but also can be upsetting. We'd also like to remind people not to cry trip trap (or indeed channel Malcolm Tucker who is nevertheless VERY funny) etc but instead to contact us using the report function and we can look into things.

As for whether we'll be limiting name-changing, we'll have to discuss it after half-term when we have a full house.

Thanks M Towers

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