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Re: Thoughts on the Name Change

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JeffDonuts23 is not online. JeffDonuts23
Joined: 18 May 2012
Total Posts: 241
09 Dec 2013 03:59 PM
Hello all readers, I am making this thread to express my opinions on the name change update, and my concerns and suggestions. This will be long. So I will make it simple by putting each separate idea into a different paragraph. Without further ado, let the games begin.

Ok for starters, this is wonderful update in my opinion. But as always, nothing can be perfect no matter how hard you try. Some of the flaws are pricing, what is done with old names, and the fact that is incredibly simple to get it done with proper funds.

So the first issue is pricing. For one thing, it's too expensive. I know this is probably put in place to reduce the risk of abuse. But the thing is, it is protected too much. In the real world in the United States, you pay 100 dollars to change your legal name, you also need approval and you have to wait. While on roblox you pay 1000 robux (which costs about 100 dollars which no kid is going to be able to afford for awhile) and it is an instant change. You see the thing is, people are not going to spend 1000 robux to get a name change. I suggest that the price is lowered to a reasonable amount but people have to wait for the name to be approved.

Another thing is that old names, are available to be seen by anyone. This is horrible, it is a violation of the user's privacy. This issue needs no more explanation, I am just going to say, let people hide their names.

Really the main issue is pricing, it actually for some people will not prevent abuse of the feature. And it needs working on. So here are my suggestions.

1. Make the price reasonable, but add a waiting time to get the name approved and make a waiting time for getting another name change.
2. Make it so old names can be hidden (people may have reasons for name changes other than wanting to ditch a username they dislike)
3. Make it so that users must wait an amount of time that is long (a month for example) before changing their name back unless it is to their previous name.
4.Make it so that best friends of a person are notified of a name change. This will make sure that people still have their friends when they get a name change instead of people seeing the name and deleting them as a friend because they don't know them.
5. Allow changes to previous names free.

That is all, thanks for reading. Please support so that this can be fixed!
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sillystrangeboy is not online. sillystrangeboy
Joined: 13 Mar 2011
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09 Dec 2013 04:03 PM
tl'dr
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Quorum is not online. Quorum
Joined: 25 Oct 2013
Total Posts: 4680
09 Dec 2013 04:06 PM
1) The price is fine as it is. One thousand Robux doesn't cost around one-hundred USD, it costs $9.95. The price is put there to prevent abuse, and also prevent the use of extra usernames. When you change your username, at least the first time, your original username is locked from use forever, currently. This shouldn't change as it allows users to revert their username, if they wish.
2) Support, at least allow us to previous usernames to everyone but friends.
3) No. People should have freedom here. If they wish to constantly sink 1kR$, let them.
4) No. I've personally got, or had, a couple of friends who have changed their username four times, or more, over four days. It would get overly obnoxious to keep getting a message about it. Also, if someone really wants to know who it is, they can just go to their profile and hover over 'previous usernames'.
5) No. Just no.
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tery215 is not online. tery215
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Total Posts: 3879
09 Dec 2013 04:17 PM
Privacy isn't good.

Say a griefer did stuff, then got banned from a game, changed name, then did more stuff.

They would have no idea that he and the previous griefer were the same.

As such, said griefer would only get beginner punishments.
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Supersnail is not online. Supersnail
Joined: 21 Nov 2008
Total Posts: 1315
09 Dec 2013 04:26 PM
The one word to describe it: useless
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Quorum is not online. Quorum
Joined: 25 Oct 2013
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09 Dec 2013 04:30 PM
@Tery,
They could just look at their UserID, considering that doesn't change when you change your name...
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