I understand about the marriage name change issue. My concern comes from a say for example users can send messages to each other. One day message from Jim Hill comes thru as Jim Hill, next day it comes thru as Jeff Masters....same person who changed their name, all along your waiting for a response from Jim Hill. Or you view a profile where the name is Tiffany Banks, next day do a search for Tiffany Banks only to find zero result because she changed her name to Jill Banks. I know a lot of this falls on the end user, but a bad experience for an end users is also bad for the site overall no?
I guess depending on the site / circumstances it can be beneficial either way. I guess in my case where the name used is displayed to the users with their interaction saving a favorite post by Jim means when you login in tomorrow your favorite post author will still say Jim not Jimmy and day after it could by James. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Users name / changes Decide? I meant downside. ^^ Jeremy Burns Class Outfit [email protected] http://www.classoutfit.com On 3 Feb 2011, at 04:06, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit wrote: > I would always let people change their names - I mean, why wouldn't you? Women change their surname on marriage anyway and it is not impossible that a first name can change too. Jonathan might decide he now wants to be referred to as Jon. Jon then becomes Jane - it happens. I usually make a username an email address because it is a no brainer for the user to come up with and remember, is generally unique (or ought to be) and can be validated. I let users change that too because people move providers/employers and so on. > > I see no decide in letting people change their names. The thing you don't want to change is the id. > > Jeremy Burns > Class Outfit > > [email protected] > http://www.classoutfit.com > > On 2 Feb 2011, at 21:49, Dave Maharaj wrote: > >> What are your thoughts on allowing "Users" to change their names? >> >> Talking about real names, not username. >> f_name = John >> l_name = Smith >> name_lock = bool , unlocked by default, upon edit of either field (f_name, >> l_name) name_lock = true; no more edits after that >> >> Really one should know their name well enough that a mistake should not be >> made. >> I was thinking allow a 1 time change if you can't spell your name correctly >> after that well them I am surprised you figured how to turn the computer on >> in the first place. >> >> Basic Site : Users name appears on thier profile, that's all. >> But there are people out there who would constantly change their names to >> foolishness and there is simply no man power to watch these changes >> constantly. >> >> Am I being too hard? Thoughts? Suggestions >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave >> >> -- >> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org >> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
