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Nickname update #10

Open JWepi opened 10 years ago

JWepi commented 10 years ago

People should be able to update their nickname

db0company commented 10 years ago

Also asked by: pampa, ubitux, nabouk, thor

db0company commented 10 years ago

It adds some problems:

We should do some research about this. How much websites allow to change their usernames? What are the problems?

I think that's a good feature, though. For now I added a message that say "Be careful. You will not be able to change it afterwards".

swannv commented 10 years ago

I think it's pretty much 50/50. For example, Twitter lets you change your username as much as you want and it changes your profile URL.

I don't know if a lot of people will change their nicknames but it's true that when you do want to change it and you can't (and you have to create a whole new account just to get the nickname/profile name you want, it's a real hassle!) So I think we should allow it but remind them that they'll have to change their bookmarks etc.

matthieu-vergne commented 10 years ago

I agree with swannv. A must for recent websites: a nickname represents your self, and if you stay long here you cannot assume that people will not change their mind and want to be represented another way (when you start to be known in a community, you could prefer to be represented with a less stupid nickname {^_^}). The nickname is part of one's identity and a personal choice, it is quite a limitation to not being able to change it.

For bookmarks, I think you can manage it with URL rewriting: by having the unique (constant) ID + the nickname, but considering only the ID to retrieve the page, so that you do not need to change any bookmark if you change the nickname.