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                                                Posted: Sun, 14/05/2017 17:57                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

Hello, This is a simple suggestion that won't make a big difference, but would help people.
So basically, Lets say someone had a username such as "Randomguy231" and got a lot of attention, but then, he changed his name to something like "Aero" Or anything else, The name Doesn't relate to the old name, right?, and he doesn't state that he changed his name at all, so people start removing him from their friendlist because they're confused about who he is, i know the old link still works, but most people don't take the time to Use it, So lets say, he lost about 50 friends, and got reported by 10 people that thought he hacked into their friendlist or for any other reason related to the name, so what i am basically Suggesting is: Add something to userprofiles that changed their names, something under the name, that says "Old Usernames" And if you hover on it, it shows the old usernames, so people don't get confused, even though the story in the suggestion may never happen, it will still prevent confusion, and i am sorry if someone suggested this before, i just didn't find anything related.

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                                                Posted: Mon, 15/05/2017 02:19                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

While I get what you're saying, and it might be helpful in the event that they do forget to add their username changes, there are problems with your scenario. Like the fact that he got reported for hacking into their friendlist. I'm positive PokéHeroes is at least somewhat hacker- proof. Also, if you were given the chance to hack, I doubt anyone would hack a friend list.

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                                                Posted: Mon, 15/05/2017 04:20                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

No support for a few reasons

First:
-If 50 people remove you for changing your name without trying to figure out who you are, that's their problem
-I highly doubt that 10 people would report someone without first tying to figure out who they were, and even in that case, you wouldn't get in trouble because the mods are better at their jobs than that (they'd probably message the reporter with "Hey you reported ___ for hacking into your friendlist, and I've noticed that they changed their username from ___ recently, are you sure you didn't add them?")
-What if someone is changing their username to avoid old drama or something?

-If you're really concerned you can add the old user who "disappeared"'s username to the url on a profile page, and it will work for three months.
same thing with

[user]Username[/user]

still working in forums for those three months

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                                                Posted: Mon, 15/05/2017 09:31                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

I Stated That the story in the forum may never be true, but it will still prevent confusion.

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                                                Posted: Wed, 17/05/2017 16:13                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

No support. When I joined PH, ~3 years ago, I had another username, but shortly after getting really into the game, I changed it. I hate that old username. I don't ever want it to be associated with me again, and I don't really want other people knowing it, so there's no way that I'd ever want it anywhere on my page again.

It really isn't hard to figure out who someone is, if you dig around enough, so having a list isn't needed.
Besides, I know people who change their username a lot, so even if it is something you can hover over to see the list, over time I think it would become too big of a list, even for a hover pop up.

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                                                Posted: Wed, 17/05/2017 16:24                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

Maybe there can be a setting that you can set to show old usernames or not?

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                                                Posted: Wed, 17/05/2017 16:34                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

No support for reasons already stated. There are a lot of cringeworthy/uncomfortable names people have taken, which they'd not like to be known.
Besides, one can always mention their old usernames in their "About Me" section on their profile if they want others to be aware of the change without making a feed.

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                                                Posted: Wed, 17/05/2017 22:57                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

Yeah, adding to what Furret and Saknar said, I once too had an awful username, even though I still have it in my about me. This is another reason why it shouldn't be implemented: You can just put them in your About Me.

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                                                Posted: Sun, 28/05/2017 13:44                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

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                                                Posted: Sun, 28/05/2017 20:57                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

I kinda get what you're talking about, like it's hard to keep track of people, right? honestly I leave PH for five seconds and everyone changes their names, haha.

however, that's why PH has measures in place. there's a limit on how often you can change your username; the old link stays active for quite a gracious while; and you can always check your palpad or messages or whatever if you've talked to them at all. personally, I don't think a new feature is strictly necessary for this.

tldr; no support from me

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                                                Posted: Sat, 03/06/2017 23:14                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

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                                                Posted: Fri, 09/06/2017 02:36                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

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                                                Posted: Tue, 13/06/2017 10:27                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

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                                                Posted: Thu, 22/06/2017 18:51                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

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                                                Posted: Fri, 30/06/2017 17:59                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

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                                                Posted: Mon, 03/07/2017 19:44                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

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                                                Posted: Tue, 04/07/2017 22:51                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

No support for stated reasons, just put a little thing in your about me, or just make a notification feed

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                                                Posted: Tue, 04/07/2017 23:33                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

Read the suggestion again, I stated that some people forget to do that, when i changed my username 2 times before, i almost forgot to make a feed.

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                                                Posted: Wed, 05/07/2017 02:06                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

Even with that my stance is still no support. Its unnecessary, and if people are unfriending you then they werent your friend in the first place
And its highly unlikely that people will actually report you for hacking themselves into their friends list .

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                                                Posted: Wed, 05/07/2017 02:09                                                (7 Years ago)
                                            

it was just an example.

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