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Adding a filter when changing usernames

piemadd

Hello all. I was joking around just a few minutes ago, where this mistake happened:

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it might be a good idea to prevent things like this from happening lol, as with some people not being very old on this forum, it might not be the best way they find out about... fun times..... to put it appropriately

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HAHAHAHAHA.

HAHAHAHAHA.

HAHAHAHAHA.

That was.... a poor decision.

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Congratulations for reserving the best username possible for at least 6 months!

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It's not possible to make a filter that that doesn't have false positives and that couldn't be bypassed without too much effort - for example, banning "cum"聽 anywhere in a username would cause issues with "Cumberbatch", and requiring word breaks would still cause issues with legitimate uses, like the latin phrase "cum laude" (why you would put it in a username is another matter, but in principle it would be valid and not disallowed). Instead, usernames are just moderated reactively.

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It's not really possible to change your username by accident.聽 You have to navigate into account settings, then click on "Change", then type in a new name and hit the button.聽 For this reason I don't believe more protections are necessary, but if anything such an addition would consist of a popup saying "Your new username will be xXx_1337hax0r_xXx for the next 6 months, do you wish to proceed (Cancel/OK)" or something of that nature.聽 I don't believe this is strictly necessary though since given the significance of the event, it would be normal to take care and ensure everything is correct before proceeding.

A filter for bad words, as mentioned, would be ineffective as well as cause unintended side-effects.

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7 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It's not really possible to change your username by accident.聽 You have to navigate into account settings, then click on "Change", then type in a new name and hit the button.聽 For this reason I don't believe more protections are necessary, but if anything such an addition would consist of a popup saying "Your new username will be xXx_1337hax0r_xXx for the next 6 months, do you wish to proceed (Cancel/OK)" or something of that nature.聽 I don't believe this is strictly necessary though since given the significance of the event, it would be normal to take care and ensure everything is correct before proceeding.

A filter for bad words, as mentioned, would be ineffective as well as cause unintended side-effects.

Ryan, internet points are a hell of a drug.聽

Essentially, me and my friends on Discord were joking around about 'Linus (insert verb here) Tips' and i was like, "HAHA lemme do this on the forum but not actually cuz thats stoopid". After receiving my internet points, I went back to the tab, but instinctively hit the big orange button instead of closing the tab, thanks brainfart. The rest is history.

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42 minutes ago, pierom_qwerty said:

Ryan, internet points are a hell of a drug.聽

Essentially, me and my friends on Discord were joking around about 'Linus (insert verb here) Tips' and i was like, "HAHA lemme do this on the forum but not actually cuz thats stoopid". After receiving my internet points, I went back to the tab, but instinctively hit the big orange button instead of closing the tab, thanks brainfart. The rest is history.

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Seems like it'd be pointless changing because you made a mistake. If one genuinely makes said mistake and they wanna change their name back because they didn't intend to change their name, why not just PM a moderator to get your name changed back?

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