Re: Email address vs Nickname?

Todd Grimason
Mon, 14 Mar 2005 04:22:10 -0000

* Bill Guindon [2005-03-13 23:08]:

> > 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.
>
> There''s little you can do to avoid multiple signups, and email
> certainly isn''t the solution to that -- it''s not like I
can''t get
> another email address.
>

Sure - I guess I meant in general if you disallow something it will
encourage people to adopt different tactics - which may or may not cause
other issues, depending on the situation. I think usernames are actually
one area where some constraints are expected by users and not
unreasonable.


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