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Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - S2K - Oct 17, 2018
From the HF Help Documents:
Quote:Can you delete an account so I can get the username?
No, don't even ask. If it's a zero post member you can wait till the account is pruned but don't ask us to delete an individual account for you. Even if it has one post from 2 years ago and they've never returned we will not delete the account just so you can have a username.
But it does not mention banned members. An account from 2 years ago may return back to the forum one day but permanently banned members can not.
So I think it would be great if we can able to use perma-banned member's usernames.
I really want a specific username but it is currently belongs to a banned member who last post is on 2012.
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - UpTheCrust - Oct 17, 2018
(Oct 17, 2018 12:26 AM)Ser1ous Wrote: From the HF Help Documents:
But it does not mention banned members. An account from 2 years ago may return back to the forum one day but permanently banned members can not.
So I think it would be great if we can able to use perma-banned member's usernames.
I really want a specific username but it is currently belongs to a banned member who last post is on 2012.
What makes you think that the quote from the Help Docs wouldn't include banned accounts?
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - S2K - Oct 17, 2018
(Oct 17, 2018 12:29 AM)UpTheCrust Wrote: What makes you think that the quote from the Help Docs wouldn't include banned accounts?
Quote:Even if it has one post from 2 years ago and they've never returned
I guess banned members can't able to return
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - UpTheCrust - Oct 17, 2018
(Oct 17, 2018 12:31 AM)Ser1ous Wrote: I guess banned members can't able to return
That doesn't make anything the help doc says not apply to them.
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - Vyxn - Oct 17, 2018
Its not nice to have a banned username to be owned.
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - S2K - Oct 17, 2018
(Oct 17, 2018 12:33 AM)UpTheCrust Wrote: That doesn't make anything the help doc says not apply to them.
Neither in the opposite way.
Sorry I might have misunderstood it since I'm not a native English speaker. But it is still a suggestion though
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - Vazum - Oct 17, 2018
I will disagree with your suggestion, let me explain you why.
- Member is banned? Maybe he will get unban.
- Member is permant banned? Maybe he wont recover.
That can make people to pretend they are that person who was banned/closed, maybe some people remember some of the nicks and if you take it, you can pretend to be that person.
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - 000 - Oct 17, 2018
I doubt this will happen.
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - Pyro - Oct 17, 2018
why would anyone want to be associated with banned members from here lol
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - S2K - Oct 17, 2018
(Oct 17, 2018 05:45 AM)Pyroshow Wrote: why would anyone want to be associated with banned members from here lol
If user has a last post from 2012 and have only 20 posts I don't think so it will affect my reputation here. It is the decision of mine, let me worry about it
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - Pyro - Oct 17, 2018
since u are the new member here, i'll give u friendly advice, change attitude and read help documents
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - S2K - Oct 17, 2018
(Oct 17, 2018 06:17 AM)Pyroshow Wrote: since u are the new member here, i'll give u friendly advice, change attitude and read help documents
If you read the first post you can see I already did. Thanks
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - flavoral - Oct 17, 2018
No. As much as theres some sexy names I wish I had, I highly disagree with this suggestion. There's a reason that a user got banned. Theres a good amount of scammers who are known by their alias that they got banned with and they have get banned with that name. If someone else takes the username, people will think it's the scammer back on the forum.
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - S2K - Oct 17, 2018
(Oct 17, 2018 07:10 AM)flavoral Wrote: No. As much as theres some sexy names I wish I had, I highly disagree with this suggestion. There's a reason that a user got banned. Theres a good amount of scammers who are known by their alias that they got banned with and they have get banned with that name. If someone else takes the username, people will think it's the scammer back on the forum.
Good point
RE: Allow Upgraded Members to Steal Banned Users' names - Vitani - Oct 17, 2018
This won't happen. The result would be users abusing the feature to impersonate others and more issues.
It's been suggested and denied in the past already.