Multiple accounts/Nicks...a no-no....
Monday, February 13, 2006 by Jafo | Discussion: Community
I personally have always found there's no value in re-inventing the wheel... assuming a new personna.... changing your Nickname.
Doing so just breaks continuity....people won't always then realise who you were...or are.
If you had a florrid past...so what? If that is behind you it can stay there without any need to rename thyself.
But that's only the half of it....
The BIGGER issue is with the creation of aliases....or second accounts.
A wiser man than me has stated MANY times that he loathes the concept of 'false identity'....mainly because it has been used to considerable effect against him and his co in the past...[on other sites in particular].
I agree, totally.
Aliases [unless you're some sexy chick in a TV series] are all about deception and that is almost always for a negative end.
When duplicitous [and duplicated] accounts are found on Wincustomize.com....they get removed. If they respawn then all 'versions' are removed.
I must admit however, that some of the motives for duplication are pretty feeble.....
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Reply #4 Monday, February 13, 2006 8:01 AM
{Hi Aaron}
In 1990 and '91 I was known as Lurker1 in a Compuserve group centered around the X-Wing flight sim. I was a dork and was proud of it. I mostly flew the A-Wing on reconnaissance missions.
Now you all know the truth. I'm sorry for living a lie.
Also . . . my kids call me Daddy, not my real name.
Reply #5 Monday, February 13, 2006 8:41 AM
Reply #6 Monday, February 13, 2006 9:45 AM
Multiple accounts, on the other hand, deserve the toxic waste bin that awaits them...
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Reply #9 Monday, February 13, 2006 1:26 PM
Back in the old days the site wouldn't let you change nick, you had to create a new account to do it. I did - that's why my user number is high, some of my skins were created before I joined and I appear to have risen from new member to moderator in less than a year! When I first joined I didn't really know what a nick was
Those people who create aliases to comment on their own work must have a very sad existence.
Reply #10 Monday, February 13, 2006 1:38 PM
| Those people who create aliases to comment on their own work must have a very sad existence. |
Is that whats going on? LMAO...Unbelievable
Reply #11 Monday, February 13, 2006 3:38 PM
| Back in the old days the site wouldn't let you change nick, you had to create a new account to do it. I did - that's why my user number is high |
Same here...... I lurked for quite some tme under a different nick.
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Reply #17 Monday, February 13, 2006 9:01 PM
But yeah, having multiple accounts to conceal ones' true identity isn't exactly being honest with the community.....particularly IF it's just to mouth off in the forums and remain undetected/unidentified by the general population.
I noticed quite a few bogus looking nicks around the time of WB5's release, presumably, one could imagine, to anonymously seek advice/assistance with cracked versions that messed things up. Also, when somebody is generally mouthing off and making derogatory comments about Stardock and/or its products, quite often the name seems most unfamiliar....as is never seen before, or again....unless there's a new gripe or bad hair day.
Can't say that I'm opposed to the nick changing though.....some people may have reasons other than past indiscretions, and therefore, if that person informs the community of the change, I see no real harm done.
However, I was born starkers, will always be starkers (here and everywhere else), and will die starkers.....though somewhat more wrinkly and grey
Edit....but yeah, multiple accounts are a no-no and should be deleted...including the original should repeat offences occur.....it's nothing more than deceit and we don't need it.
Reply #18 Monday, February 13, 2006 10:36 PM
| Well, I've changed my nick recently simply because the one I chose a little over 3 years ago seemed a bit childish seeing as I'll hit the big 30 this year. I felt that f0r3 no longer fit, so I decided to go with Kevin, but someone else has apparently taken Kevin, which I find odd because I've never seem a Kevin but then again I guess maybe he's a customer who doesn't come to WC or JU. So, I settled on Kevin C. I'm not trying to escape anything but sometimes we just outgrow things from our pasts and that was the case for me. |
My story is somewhat similar...I recently did my name change when I suddenly realized that a name change really was possible, because I've been trying to purge the "Jinn Fizz" thing from my life as much as possible. It's a long, ugly story that I don't want to bore anyone with, but it basically has to do with a busted relationship and moving on from that. I've changed over to Jinny Robot Monster, because that was a silly nickname that somebody else tagged me with, but I wouldn't be surprised if I changed again sometime when I feel like moving on some more
.But yeah, the people who change names like they change socks, or people creating multiple aliases (especially to comment on their own work
), is very silly and a waste of everyone's time.
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Reply #1 Monday, February 13, 2006 7:35 AM