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Note that using user-selected nicknames is not great either. I am learning this the hard way. Example problems: * Person used their real name, got married, cha
by remram 3y ago
Note that using user-selected nicknames is not great either. I am learning this the hard way. Example problems:
* Person used their real name, got married, changed last name
* Person used their real name, transitioned, changed their first name
* Person used characters that you no longer want to accept in nicknames
* Person used a nickname that you now want to reserve (e.g. "admin", "contact", "help", ...)
* Person used a very silly name and grew up or started using your service at their job
- uxp8u61q 3y ago> * Person used characters that you no longer want to accept in nicknames Why would you refuse certain characters? My last name contains a dash and one letter with a diacritic. I am beyond tired of playing whack-a-mole trying to guess what rule I violated with my "invalid name." And fuck companies who have the gall to call my name "invalid" to my face, too. Have some thought before you write an error message. "Contains an invalid character" wouldn't be insulting, for example.
- remram 3y agoI am talking about usernames, not names. My first name also contains an accent, maybe direct your rage somewhere else? If nicknames appear in URLs for example, or are a way to direct messages at someone (e.g. github.com/<nick>, @<nick>), using non-ASCII characters is a bad idea.
- nullwarp 3y agoThe last point is the case with my Steam account. I'll never be able to shed it given how much money is essentially associated with it. Granted, I think only I will ever see the name but boy do I wish I could change it.