Raees wrote: And locking the nicknames wouldn't prevent someone from just starting over with any nick they wanted, as in the examples above. It would solve nothing.
I suppose you're right. idiots will be idiots.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
This latest fad has taught me something about myself. I didn't realize how much I liked knowing who's who on a forum. Yeah, I might not know them by anything other than their forum persona, but at least things were predictable. I knew who people were, and where they stood.
Starting into a forum I sit back and lurk until I know the players. I feel I have the same need to sit back and lurk to get to know the players again.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln