Should PCGS have a "Handle Holiday?"

GRANDAM

I was reading the thread of our own PF about handles.
In that thread and others people have often expressed the wish to be able to change their handle and keep their posting & feedback numbers.

So the Poll is:
Should PCGS grant a Handle Holiday of say 1 week where you can change it and keep your numbers.

Namvet69

Nope, as Confucius said:
I am what I am
And that's all that I am. Oops it was Popeye. Peace Roy

Onastone

Nope, Confucius said:
Be all you can be.
No wait, that was the army.

lilolme

But the Walrus said
I am he
As you are he
As you are me
And we are all together

ricko

"I think, therefore I am." Courtesy of Monsieur Descartes. And my thought is no. Cheers, RickO

pcgscacgold

"Who do you think you are? I am"
Pete Weber.....
No change gets my vote.

silverpop

why? what good would it do PCGS to try such a thing?

Walkerfan

That would cause mass confusion!

We're already confused enough, as it is. lol

dunkleosteus430

I agree with @Walkerfan

MapsOnFire

I don't know the people behind the handles. But over time a handle acquires a personality rooted in the poster's contributions: intelligence, seriousness, joviality, depth, experience, life. A handle change would delete the original person.
No, No, a thousand times No!

steveben

they probably won't do it because the "handle" is your username and it would require a software feature to be able to actually have a username with a handle...which costs $ to get it done.

PerryHall

I'm guessing the moderators would veto such an idea.

TomB

I am active on two other, non-coin forums, and in one the folks can't change their handle while in the other folks can change it rather frequently.

In my opinion, when folks cannot change their handle, it becomes easier to attach a reputation or expectation to each user such that I feel like I might "know" them a bit better and also such that I can weigh what is written in a particular post to have an idea if someone should be trusted. For the forum where folks change their user names, I don't feel connected to people, don't have the same comfort level with trusting or evaluating things that are written and don't believe there is the same camaraderie that becomes established.

Batman23

It's bad enough when someone changes their avatar. I wouldn't be able to keep up with who's who if people were changing their usernames.

LanceNewmanOCC

at the least, those of us with our names as our monikers should have the option once for security reasons.

i've asked and asked, to no avail.

CoinHoarder

No.

TurtleCat

Nah, I’d rather have the ability to merge my old account here with my current one.

Paradisefound

Wrong thread wrong post

GRANDAM

Posted wrong place

Paradisefound

Check the “how you’d decide on your handle name” thread

GRANDAM

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MS66

Must agree with the consensus here. One forum I was on permitted changes and people would switch monikers and then attack others out of the blue. Others who had no idea who these people were. Poor form!

@Paradisefound said:
A handler day perhaps?

When I've been here for a while, I'm sure someone will fill me in on why you say handler instead of handle!

Paradisefound

Have a nice 4th!

PerryHall

@MS66 said:
When I've been here for a while, I'm sure someone will fill me in on why you say handler instead of handle!

That at first had me confused. I just say "handle" or "forum name" so there's no confusion. Great idea for a thread. Some forum names are obvious where they came from while many others are not.

AstroJoe

@PerryHall said:
I'm guessing the moderators would veto such an idea.

They can change their handles, too.

JWP

Not really necessary. Why you might ask. As we all get older we have certain things that happen called a "SENIOR MOMENT". Therefore a whole lot of us can't remember who we are on any given day. So why reward us with what we already are enjoying. Darn what was this thread about in the 1st place.