RE: Email address vs Nickname?

Adelle Hartley
Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:53:05 -0000

Todd Grimason wrote:
> /user/3456  is kind of ugly, but if you use a username rather
> than id# it has to be unchangeable (unless you want to handle
> multiple aliases or something that''s probably more trouble
> than it''s worth...)
>
> I think it would be site-dependent and a judgement call,
> based on expectation of permanence given the site''s content,
> the expected public reaction to ''permanent'' usernames
(would
> people just keep signing up?), etc.

If user A signs up with a username and is then allowed to change their
username, another user could come along and choose the "abandoned"
username.

I don''t like the idea of anything that could lead to mistaken identity.

Adelle.