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AnimalCrossingPerson
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Tildes are valid characters for usernames on here. Maybe dots too? Point is you could maybe have ~Kate~. Or see what the staff say. I don't think they clear out inactive names but you never know.
No, or they do it only for staff I think like Pxter/Peter. They've been kinda hesitant in clearing in earlier discussions but yeah for once they should do it if someone hasn't been on for like 10 years or such. Now I was lucky Sheila was free but yeah...
Petition to give names free that are taken by inactive accounts (user being not active here for 5+ years)
and/or banned users.
No seriously, is there no chance to give these names free again? I mean, banned users seem to never
coming back and I doubt that someone who was not active here for more then 5 years and only made
2 posts would come back. These people probably even forgot that the forum exist...
and/or banned users.
No seriously, is there no chance to give these names free again? I mean, banned users seem to never
coming back and I doubt that someone who was not active here for more then 5 years and only made
2 posts would come back. These people probably even forgot that the forum exist...
This has been suggested so many times lol
- There's no such thing as being permabanned. Repeated offenders just have longer bans.
- Some inactive users do come back after years. With AC 2019 coming I'm sure some older members may return.
- Banned users also tend to return, even moreso than inactives. I don't know where you got the information that they don't?
If the staff bend for one non-staff user then they'd have to bend for everyone which means a lot of members having their usernames changed for no reason other than another member's entitlement. I can see giving up the usernames of members that have been confirmed as someone's alt, as well as bot usernames (granted they're usually nothing special) but otherwise it's just a terrible idea. There's no way to tell if someone's gone for good or not, and punishing members for being inactive is just plain unfair. You also can't punish banned members this way since while a lot of them do only return to cause even more confusion there's always the chance that they have a turnaround.
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Yeah, we've had a pretty strict policy of not touching old usernames for quite a long time now as it would be completely unfair to do so unless it was very universal for everyone. (minor exception has been for a staff member once or twice as pointed out above, but only when the original user basically didn't exist!)
On my personal to-do list for a long time has been establishing a specific set of criteria for when a username could be taken. So a specific number of maximum posts, minimum time since last login, and that sort of thing so it's not subjective when we allow it. I don't know exactly what those numbers would be but they would be pretty strict as we don't want to take away a username from people willy-nilly. I'm hoping we might finally have this implemented sooner than later actually, however there would likely be some extra charge attached to it than a regular username change.
On my personal to-do list for a long time has been establishing a specific set of criteria for when a username could be taken. So a specific number of maximum posts, minimum time since last login, and that sort of thing so it's not subjective when we allow it. I don't know exactly what those numbers would be but they would be pretty strict as we don't want to take away a username from people willy-nilly. I'm hoping we might finally have this implemented sooner than later actually, however there would likely be some extra charge attached to it than a regular username change.
Just out of curiosity: Would it be able to give a name free of a account, which was made back in May
2011, was only active for about two days and only made a total of two posts in that time? Because I
really doubt that this person ever comes back, as the account also looks pretty much abandoned...
That's the kind of account that would probably fall under the criteria.
Hm, good to know. But I assume that if someone would gently ask to get that name from such
a account that has that criteria, then it wouldn't work as for now... Right?
For now for the people wanting old usernames I know someone's managed to get a username from a very inactive account by just contacting the them. They might have social media listed on their profile or they might be set to get e-mail notifications, obviously it's not always going to work but it's always worth a shot, assuming it hasn't been attempted already.
This may or may not be referring to me... But I can confirm this works sometimes, lol
Found the original owner on Miiverse, its kind of a shame it's down now. I feel like that was probably the easiest link to outside communication for old-ish members
Honestly it actually would make if they had like 10+ years as limit or something idk. Or try contacting them by mass emailing and let people know if they still want their account still etc.
have been banned many times and keep coming back, can confirm
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AnimalCrossingPerson
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Should be possible.
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