Name Change Archive

Burning Down · 03-15-2012, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Salami

Out of interest, does anyone think there should be an option of me adding previous avatars in spoiler tags for each user as well as name changes?

That would be a lot of work!

Salami · 03-15-2012, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

That would be a lot of work!

I know it would be a bit too much if this was done for every avvy change on the site (I couldn't do that anyway), but if the option was open for people who had a name change, do you think that this would make things unnecessarily complicated or require a new thread?

Stephen · 03-15-2012, 05:39 PM

Just tracking down the avatars after they're changed would be a challenge in itself.

Freebase Dali · 03-15-2012, 05:49 PM

And you can only fit 10 of them in a single post anyway.
Not really worth creating another thread with a bunch of placeholders, if you ask me...

Engine · 03-15-2012, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Salami

Out of interest, does anyone think there should be an option of me adding previous avatars in spoiler tags for each user as well as name changes?

I'm pretty surprised that there's even any interest in users' previous screen names.
Out of interest, does anybody think that this level of curiosity about users' previous avatars is mind-bogglingly obsessive behavior that should be relentlessly shunned?

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 03-15-2012, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine

I'm pretty surprised that there's even any interest in users' previous screen names.
Out of interest, does anybody think that this level of curiosity about users' previous avatars is mind-bogglingly obsessive behavior that should be relentlessly shunned?

I still get asked to bring back Jimi.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 03-15-2012, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

Thanks Conan. Your new avatar is a lot funnier (and creepier) than the previous one!

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I have to agree. It's unsettling to look at.

Engine · 03-15-2012, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by These guys

I still get asked to bring back Jimi.

Haha, yeah I guess the who's who of names is kinda interesting: Sonance, Veridical Fiction, Goofy11, matious, TheBigTreeKilledMyDog, etc. but ... avatars? Many people change those every few weeks. I can't think of a less important digital archive considering the work that would be needed to put into one.

Paedantic Basterd · 03-15-2012, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Salami

Out of interest, does anyone think there should be an option of me adding previous avatars in spoiler tags for each user as well as name changes?

Why?

Salami · 03-16-2012, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Engine

Haha, yeah I guess the who's who of names is kinda interesting: Sonance, Veridical Fiction, Goofy11, matious, TheBigTreeKilledMyDog, etc. but ... avatars? Many people change those every few weeks. I can't think of a less important digital archive considering the work that would be needed to put into one.

Agreed. That would be a bit pointless even for me. I too noticed how much interest there seems to be about previous avvies, but you're probably right that we shouldn't really take too much notice of it. The reason I suggested it was that I've read a lot of posts saying something to the extent of "I only remeber people by their avatars". But that I suppose is their problem and I won't bring it up again.
Shall I stick to just cataloging name changes?

03-15-2012, 05:39 PM	#43 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Just tracking down the avatars after they're changed would be a challenge in itself.

03-15-2012, 05:49 PM	#44 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	And you can only fit 10 of them in a single post anyway. Not really worth creating another thread with a bunch of placeholders, if you ask me...