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17 questions linked to/from Can we restrict the ability of users to keep changing their names?
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Why is there a time limit for changing the username? [duplicate]
Is there a reason a limit is imposed on the number of times you can change your username?
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The Many Memes of Meta
Catchphrases and concepts that spread from person to person are known as memes, which, courtesy the Internet, can now explode across the Earth like a highly contagious virus (hence "going viral&...
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The Complete Rate-Limiting Guide
I noticed that I can only perform certain actions such as commenting a finite number of times in a given period of time. Obviously, rate limiting is in place to prevent accidental misuse or ...
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Understanding Suspension Reasons
A recent kerfuffle has made it clear that perhaps there is not enough clarity on why users are being boxed.
I know that the guideline is "Don't Be A Jerk" but that still doesn't help because ...
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Add warning when changing display name
The policy on changing one's display name was changed back on February 4, 2010:
only one display name change is allowed every 30 days
However, there is no warning whatsoever when actually changing ...
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Make the "past names" list public info for 30 days after changing your name
So this new feature just got rolled out...
There's a new numerical field in user profiles called "past names" which when clicked will display a dialog listing previous usernames and when ...
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Why can I only change my Stack Overflow name once every 30 days?
I have a profile on Stack Overflow. I recently decided to change the name on my profile. I did this, but I made a spelling mistake! I wrote "Kryton" instead of "Kryten"! When I tried to fix this, a ...
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What actions are rate-limited, and why? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
The Complete Rate-Limiting Guide
I've seen a number of time delay notifications on the sites. E.g.:
you can only comment every x seconds
What are all the situations that ...
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Should you be allowed to change your handle in SO?
In SO you are allowed to define and redefine your handle at whim. I myself have done so but I was reading an SO entry from a while back to which the well known Jon Skeet made a comment to which ...
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What events/policy changes etc. in SO have exogenously manipulated things like views, answers, votes etc.?
I'm doing some quantitative research on SO and I'm trying to find good "natural" or quasi-experiments that have occurred or will occur in SO.
What I mean by a natural experiment is some policy change,...
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Time left until I can change my display name keeps randomly changing
I tried changing my display name on meta this morning. I wasn't allowed; the message was:
Oops! There was a problem updating
your profile: Display name may only be changed once
every 30 days; ...
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The screen name change rate limit doesn't exist anymore
According to Jeff, https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/38180/228134
only one display name change is allowed every 30 days
there is a 15 minute grace period after each change during which you may change ...
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What are the terms for changing the username?
I see that you can not change your username as you want and when you want. So, are there more terms for changing the username?
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What is the reason for the 30 day wait on changing your user name?
I recently combined 2 OpenID accounts, but I no longer want to use one or the user name associated with it. I have about 6 days left on my wait. Why do I have to wait so long?
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Lower the time when it is allowed to change the display name
Few days ago I changed my display name. I put my full name and last name, but now I think it is too long.
It would be great if you would lower the time for how long it is disallowed to change the ...
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