| I know it has been implemented for a few years now, but it has really kill the sense of individuality on mal imo, just like the real world, your name is important to each individual, it is what is use to identify each one of us. Just imagine if we were able to just change our name when we feel like, that will cause a lot of confusion and make identifying each one of us almost imposssible, that is what has happen at mal. I remember asking a user a simple question on his profile, and days gone by and he did not respond, I was wondering why until I realise that the user was someone I argue a lot with in the past and we are not at good term, I look ay my friend list and most persons I do not recognize, what is worst is that most users dont keep their profile pic or forum pic, which is not a problem, the problem is the name change. I have people commenting on my profile that I have not spoken to in years and they make sure in advance to give me a little back story about themself so I can remember them, but they would not have needed to do all that if they had just stick with their username. Now I am on mal forums and it feels like I don't recognize most people because the majority has change their name and dp, if everyone had stick to their username I bet I would have remember each individual user even if 10 years had past without even visiting mal. This was a big mistake by mal, they should have made it very difficult for persons to change their name. What do you guyd think? |
| i can't believe people have free will how dare they?! |
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| You can change your name irl too if you really want to. |
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| The same shit gets boring after a while. |
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| You should change your name to insolentfool. |
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Usagi said: You can change your name irl too if you really want to. Yes but it is not a normsl thing to do. It has nothing to do with that, its just that individuality is mostly kill now, we might as well turn this site into 4chan and be anonymous. Next month you can change your username and dp, and I would never know that I had spoken to you a month ago. That is the point I'm making. I would like to be able to can distinguish my friends from my enemy, is that too hard to understand? |
| I've had the same sig for like 4 years if that helps. It does get rid of that veteran feeling if everyone is always fresh I guess. MAL should have a this user was previously option though that would be cool. |
MiraniaAug 13, 2018 9:40 PM
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keragamming said: Next month you can change your username and dp, and I would never know that I had spoken to you a month ago. That is the point I'm making. I totally get your point, and it sometimes bugs me too when people change their online identity...but I wanted to point out that if you talked to someone on here, there's usually a record of it, so you can go back to that record and at least see some things. Examples include private messages, the Conversation link in profile comments, and going through the comments on your own profile. |
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| Names and pictures may change, but IDs will always stay the same. |
| I think it's perfectly okay to change your username on here. They're still the same person. If you want to know who they are or if you know them, there's digital footprints like what someone said as comments, private PM, etc. I changed my name back in 2015 or 2016 to Cosmos because it sounded more original and me compared to my old one. I like the rights to changing my username. But I wouldn't change my username for anything else tbh since i'm synonymous with my username now. Can't really be mad since it's their choice to change their username, not yours. |
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| What if you had to intentionally misspell your user name because someone else already took it and you couldn't fight them to the death over it? What about those people? Asking for a friend btw. <_< |
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| I'm not too fond of people changing names either, but I'm still glad it exists. Some people made accounts when they were a lot younger and made questionable choices with their names. |
keragamming said: I know it has been implemented for a few years now, but it has really kill the sense of individuality on mal imo, just like the real world, your name is important to each individual, it is what is use to identify each one of us. Just imagine if we were able to just change our name when we feel like, that will cause a lot of confusion and make identifying each one of us almost imposssible, that is what has happen at mal. I remember asking a user a simple question on his profile, and days gone by and he did not respond, I was wondering why until I realise that the user was someone I argue a lot with in the past and we are not at good term, I look ay my friend list and most persons I do not recognize, what is worst is that most users dont keep their profile pic or forum pic, which is not a problem, the problem is the name change. I have people commenting on my profile that I have not spoken to in years and they make sure in advance to give me a little back story about themself so I can remember them, but they would not have needed to do all that if they had just stick with their username. Now I am on mal forums and it feels like I don't recognize most people because the majority has change their name and dp, if everyone had stick to their username I bet I would have remember each individual user even if 10 years had past without even visiting mal. This was a big mistake by mal, they should have made it very difficult for persons to change their name. What do you guyd think? "I hate how people can change their username so for this reason alone, I think everyone shouldn't be able to change their username" is how I read your thread. |
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| Yeah it does get confusing at times. But people should be able to change their "online identity" and all that shit. That's the perk of having online anonymity. It must have confused the shit out of you then when Fate fans changed their names with Priest on it when UBW was airing. |
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| What in the shit did i just read. Ardanaz said: I'm not too fond of people changing names either, but I'm still glad it exists. Some people made accounts when they were a lot younger and made questionable choices with their names. I dont know what youre talking about. |
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Swagernator said: What in the shit did i just read. Ardanaz said: I'm not too fond of people changing names either, but I'm still glad it exists. Some people made accounts when they were a lot younger and made questionable choices with their names. I dont know what youre talking about. You have a lot of swager though :> Could always change your name to Kitchenator |
| Eh don't see no point in being bothered by it. Maybe someone wants to grab a nice name that's available or interests them. Good thing it's a feature cuz I'd rather not kept my old cringe name and having to create another account to get another name smh. |
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| I don't know what you did to get enemies around here but if they want to change name, go ahead. I read your name as in monkeygaming, op. |
| hey man if i couldn't change my name i'd still be "koolkai123" and that'd be bad for everybody |
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| I used to change my user a lot cause I couldn't decide which one fit the best. After getting the one I currently have though I feel no need to change it anymore, I like it a lot. I feel like changing your user is a nice feature because sometimes you just want something new. |
| Well, it's true that once they've changed their username, if you're not close to that user, you'll most likely not be able to recognize him/her and it gets kinda annoying. And I admit that I kept changing usernames before(CharbbyLoves, Sa-chan_, forgot the other usernames that I've used) but this time I'll finally be able to stick with this username forever. |
TennoujiAug 14, 2018 1:26 AM
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| your taste changes so it only makes sense to give us the chance to change names more sites need this option.. still waiting for lastfm to add this feature |
| In most cases, people change their name to cope with their developing personality. People change, and so they feel the urge to display that using their username and display picture. The argument that you don't remember them really doesn't hold up, since it obstructs the choice the other person can do. You're not obliged to tell people what to do. Usagi said: You can change your name irl too if you really want to. Depends on the country. Some countries don't allow changes in name unless it went through court approval. They are troublesome and unless your name is something like Willy Wonka, alot of courts won't really take your case with much interest. |
YarubAug 14, 2018 5:14 AM
| you can't stop change, if people wanna change then let them change. who's gonna stop them? |
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| I like that you can change your username. Sometimes it gets confusing, but most people just put their old usernames on their profile If only Snapchat had the same feature........ sigh |
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| Yeah! fuck all of them motherfuckers who change their username. Fuck 'em all. Bitch-ass snakes that they are |
| ~ Nas, The "OG Bulgarian"~ Formerly known as: ~ Gokuvich, The "OG Bulgarian"~  |
complice said: Dimethylanime said: lmao i got a friend whos sc user is like fuckin minecraftlover22swag or some shit and the only reason why hes not giving it up is cuz hes close to like 1000 with someoneIf only Snapchat had the same feature........ sigh SAME. I made mine when I was younger and my username is literally the dumbest thing I have ever concocted. So whenever hot boys ask for my Snapchat they’ll be immediately turned off. Woe is me. in short: let ppl change their usernames, it’s for the greater good |
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| there are people with many nicknames and depending where you are in the world your legal name might not be that much more important than a false one |
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Onii-chan said: J_LEE_C said: I doubt j0x will change his username because of trivial thing like this. @deg lol thought of you when I saw this. Hey - at least I finally remember your new name now! (you'll probably change it like tomorrow since I said that, huh?) ;) actually took me like 2 weeks to finally realize that j0x = isekai |
| But the ability to choose what your online identity should be is also a part of individuality? The fuck are you on? |
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_Ako_ said: Onii-chan said: I doubt j0x will change his username because of trivial thing like this. actually took me like 2 weeks to finally realize that j0x = isekai Oh, I thought he had retired, this is what I thought with a lot of users, but apparently they all have just change their name and we discuss together a lot and I don't even realise it. Like I get the point some people are saying that people can do what they want, the thing is Mal at first didn't allow it, I think they should not allow unless its some rare case, where the person has a ridiculous username. People are too spoiled these days. Lunafleurette said: But the ability to choose what your online identity should be is also a part of individuality? The fuck are you on? And if you change it, you restart it, basically having a new identity. |
keragamming said: And if you change it often, you restart it, basically having a new identity. Its 2018 people change their identities like socks. |
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keragamming said: Oh, I thought he had retired, this is what I thought with a lot of users, but apparently they all have just change their name and we discuss together a lot and I don't even realise it. Like I get the point some people are saying that people can do what they want, the thing is Mal at first didn't allow it, I think they should not allow unless its some rare case, where the person has a ridiculous username. People are too spoiled these days. Lunafleurette said: But the ability to choose what your online identity should be is also a part of individuality? The fuck are you on? And if you change it, you restart it, basically having a new identity. Implying all it takes to change an identity is a name rofl Get over it, it's 2018. |
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| sounds like senseless whining to me |
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Lunafleurette said: keragamming said: Oh, I thought he had retired, this is what I thought with a lot of users, but apparently they all have just change their name and we discuss together a lot and I don't even realise it. Like I get the point some people are saying that people can do what they want, the thing is Mal at first didn't allow it, I think they should not allow unless its some rare case, where the person has a ridiculous username. People are too spoiled these days. And if you change it, you restart it, basically having a new identity. Implying all it takes to change an identity is a name rofl Get over it, it's 2018. LOL well some.ppl these days are stuck on what makes their identity with categorical rep like gender and sexuality, does ir really surprise u that it could be names too |
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| Yeah well it happens. I changed my name in the past a few times. You just gotta be aware that losing or weaking some of your relationships on MAL is part of it. Like I have some people with whom I chat with regularly but I have no idea who they actually are because they changed their name a million times. Those won't be very personal conversations even if I might have known the guy for years already. But whatever, not my issue, I still have enough people who I do remember. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I'm glad the option exists because it's useful for people like me who gets bored of monotony very easily; I've changed my username a lot of times since I've joined. It's also useful for people who didn't give much of a shit at the time of joining and could have chosen a very laughable username. Also it's not really that hard to identify a user who has changed his name and his profile and forum pictures atst, in fact I'd say it's not hard at all, since you can still recognise someone with the statistics (days, mean score, amount of completed, etc) and favorites, info that relatively remains the same.... and info like profile comments, private messages, forum replies, and joining date, info that suffers no change with usernames changes. Anyway, who cares? why should it matter? It's just the internet, not the real world where your name does really matter and there are relevant consequences of changing it in societal/family/bureaucracy terms... |
| I'm sure it's an inconvenience, but so is registering with a username that you end up despising years down the road. Choose your evil. |
| Well you do have to wait a month before changing it, so nobody goes around changing it every minute; that'd be bizarre. |
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J_LEE_C said: @deg lol thought of you when I saw this. Hey - at least I finally remember your new name now! (you'll probably change it like tomorrow since I said that, huh?) ;) nah i will stick with this username for a long long time the j0x username is conflicting with the jox user here |
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