A way to change your username without making any confusion.

dude341

No. This will lead to more confusion.

dude341

Paddle2See wrote:
So, if I understand what you are saying, it's not so much changing your username as giving yourself a second name (a nickname?). Interesting idea! Where would the name appear - and where would the nickname appear? Would the project have “by <username>” or “by <nickname>” Would the profile use the username or the nickname in the URL “scratch.mit.edu/users/<???>” I'm kind of thinking that it could still be pretty confusing.

Actually, a number of people kind of do this now. I'm often known as “P2C” or “Paddle” - but it's just done informally and not integrated into the site in any way

I hope this actually doesn't get implemented.

(if it does I can always make my own programming themed site)

Tymewalk

What if your username was displayed on your profile and when you mouse over your nickname? Even if someone tried to impersonate another person, you could easily mouse over their username to see who they are. The only problem I see is maybe it could cause some confusion on first glance.

DaSpudLord

matey1234 wrote:
FalconGunner99 wrote:
No support, just keep the name you're stuck with, you'll live.

It isn't worth reworking the architecture for.
And if you want a new username, move accounts…

No support because of this.

chuckdaboss

Support! like the system on angrybirdsnest.com i guess

icykitty662211

FALSE! this way you must try a few times before it works. my username right now is @icykitty662211 and I can change it to @XxjammersxX so there is a way.

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Scratcher1002

Scratchifier wrote:
Interesting idea… although I still think it could cause confusion… and impersonation troubles. Like, Twitter needs a checkmark next to all of the famous people because these people all get impersonated so much.

^^

DrKat123

icykitty662211 wrote:
FALSE! this way you must try a few times before it works. my username right now is @icykitty662211 and I can change it to @XxjammersxX so there is a way.
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Please don't blockspam.

Scratcher1002

MewTheSmasher wrote:
stickfiregames wrote:
Support if the software architecture can handle it, but I'm not sure if it could.

awesome-llama

No support. Too confusing.

charlesdog

No support. It would make scratch look like a clone of twitter and it will cause confusion.

scratchrocks56

cant help sorry

_Comicfan_

No support.

Lythium

_Comicfan_ wrote:
No support.

Why?

MathlyCat

scratchrocks56 wrote:
cant help sorry

Don't add to the conversation with nothing to say.

DrKat123 wrote:
icykitty662211 wrote:
FALSE! this way you must try a few times before it works. my username right now is @icykitty662211 and I can change it to @XxjammersxX so there is a way.
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Please don't blockspam.

Same goes for you; don't mini-mod without an input later.

Anyways, the idea seems interesting and Pad2See seems to believe it's compatible with the site.
Support.

NanoRook

AonymousGuy wrote:
No support. It isn't all that useful (your account has plenty of space to summarize what you do) and usernames are meant to be unique and static.

Aside from that, to implement it would require a rework of a major part of the software architecture for a rather minor change. Maybe support for Scratch 3.0, when the site it likely to be entirely re-done anyways, but as that is in the far distant future, I don't really find it relevant right now.

No support as per this.

Abstract-

No Support. This is like two usernames. Confusing! Also, is username changing the ST's biggest priority? Of course not! It won't help coding one bit, and only bring on more of the social side. You chose your username, live with the consiquince.

NanoRook

dude341 wrote:
Paddle2See wrote:
So, if I understand what you are saying, it's not so much changing your username as giving yourself a second name (a nickname?). Interesting idea! Where would the name appear - and where would the nickname appear? Would the project have “by <username>” or “by <nickname>” Would the profile use the username or the nickname in the URL “scratch.mit.edu/users/<???>” I'm kind of thinking that it could still be pretty confusing.

Actually, a number of people kind of do this now. I'm often known as “P2C” or “Paddle” - but it's just done informally and not integrated into the site in any way
I hope this actually doesn't get implemented.

(if it does I can always make my own programming themed site)

Woe is me. I hope a simple feature doesn't get added or not that changes nothing about the website or else I'll go full salt and create my own website which will never gain publicity.

Oaktreed

Well, it could work out.

Ziggy741

. It would still cause confusion, and you would need to remember a lot of nicknames.

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