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  1. tekkdan tekkdan

    Hey, just one more question I'm wanting to ask (for the moment at least). If I wanted to change my username/nickname for whatever reason, would I be able to do that, and if I did, would it change the current posts to that new name, or would the name still be there?

    Sunday, 05-Aug-12 01:43:11 UTC from web
    1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @tekkdan You can change your name in the Account settings (see the link in the top right), and yeah, your posts all move to the new name.

      Sunday, 05-Aug-12 01:44:30 UTC from web
      1. tekkdan tekkdan

        @bitshift Oh that's cool, thanks! So I guessing the login name would change as well?

        Sunday, 05-Aug-12 01:45:45 UTC from web
        1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

          @tekkdan Yep.

          Sunday, 05-Aug-12 01:46:10 UTC from web
    2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

      @tekkdan The site handles your account by your user ID, you can change your username as many times as you want.

      Sunday, 05-Aug-12 01:45:38 UTC from web
    3. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @tekkdan (Old replies to your old name will still have the old name in the post, but clicking it will take people to the current name, so that's not really a disadvantage.)

      Sunday, 05-Aug-12 01:45:41 UTC from web
    4. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @widget There's no technical reason such a thing couldn't be implemented, but a username is a lot easier to remember than a semi-arbitrary number.

      Sunday, 05-Aug-12 02:25:07 UTC from web
    5. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @widget If it's still broken, Toks would be yelling at us about it. :p

      Sunday, 05-Aug-12 02:37:53 UTC from web
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        @redenchilada That's OpenID, not OAuth. OAuth is the one which makes it possible to use client apps without giving said app your logon credentials.

        Sunday, 05-Aug-12 02:38:54 UTC from web
        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

          @bitshift ...Oh, that. F u I don't know this fancy auth wizardry you folks use.

          Sunday, 05-Aug-12 02:40:15 UTC from web
          1. Stumperman Stumperman

            @redenchilada You don't know anything. INB4 #

            Sunday, 05-Aug-12 02:40:48 UTC from web
          2. Bit Shift Bit Shift

            @redenchilada Protip: OAuth 1 is a horrendous mess to implement, and OAuth 2 standardization is unfinished. (Basically, don't try to implement them unless you have no choice.)

            Sunday, 05-Aug-12 02:42:03 UTC from web
    6. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @widget Yeah. It'd have benefits, but I don't think they'd outweigh how user-unfriendly it would be for the majority of users.

      Sunday, 05-Aug-12 02:38:08 UTC from web
    7. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @widget As best as I can tell, OAuth itself is not in itself broken on here, but it has an annoying quirk of refusing to auth a user who doesn't have a verified email address. And currently some other bug is causing email addresses to not be able to be verified. And/or possibly unverifying verified ones. Still not 100% sure what's going on with that.

      Sunday, 05-Aug-12 02:46:18 UTC from web