Helllor Highwater Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Apologies if this is in the wrong place but I have a question concerning the display names. Recently I've been accused of using another avatars name as my display name. This isnt something I'd even consider doing because if I saw someone else with my name I'd be a little irriated. Anyways this is besides the point. To prove my innocence with the sim owners I've wanted to try and get a list of things I've changed my name to and I'm wondering if there is a list that LL puts aside of your old display names? Of when you changed them or what youve changed them to. Does anyone know if such list exists? If so, where could I find it? Could I send a message to LL and ask for account details concerning it? Thanks!Hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Torvalar Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostoll Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I never heard about a list like that,i think it never existed,it's the first time i see that kind of probleme,normally you are free to choose any display name you want,that's all,just becarful to not copy someones name and font and it's not cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helllor Highwater Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 I'm a forum noob and totally didnt see answers up there.. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlewLlwyd Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I knew a girl called Helen Highwater once. In real life. ***She was in a band called *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christhiana Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I don't get why people would get upset when someone has the same display name as long you're not trying to impersonate that other person. In RL there are a lot more people sharing your name People partner up in SL and want to take the name of their partner, family, clan or whatever so there are bound to be a lot of people with the same or similiar display names. Ofcourse with exception of extremely decorated names that are copied to the letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markham Weatherwax Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Christhiana wrote: I don't get why people would get upset when someone has the same display name as long you're not trying to impersonate that other person. In RL there are a lot more people sharing your name People partner up in SL and want to take the name of their partner, family, clan or whatever so there are bound to be a lot of people with the same or similiar display names. Ofcourse with exception of extremely decorated names that are copied to the letter. Exactly! Millions of folks and you will have some "same" names. Hellor Highwater: I've seen in some people's profiles in-world that they've changed their display name from this to that on this or that date, sometimes multiple changes over the years. I never thought much about it but it could show that in your profile too. Not that I think anyone should be making a big deal about this. No one owns their username or display name in SL, LL does. It used to be you could not have a name that someone else had because it was a username. The ability to change display names is rather annoying to me and causes other people (like you) needless trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Markham Weatherwax wrote: I've seen in some people's profiles in-world that they've changed their display name from this to that on this or that date, sometimes multiple changes over the years. I never thought much about it but it could show that in your profile too. As, for example, Hellor's profile Feed.which shows a string of display-name changes going back three years. (I think she should have stuck with Yummi Bunz, myself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello Highwater Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 There is a delete box to the right of each of those entries, might want to do that if the display name changes are causing drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 The Lindens asked for feedback when they proposed display names. Not allowing display names that matched an existing account 'Legacy Name' was a requested feature. The Lindens chose not to add that restriction. So now you still have people wanting something the Lindens decided they would not provide. btw, although answers exists it is not a place to obtain a discussion. It sucks at discussion. It is also not a place to ask questions that are subjective or seek opinions. So while you asked a question it was preceded by comments likely to generate discussion. Because the gist of it was you've run into people who want to impose some arbitrary standard on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlewLlwyd Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: btw, although answers exists it is not a place to obtain a discussion. It sucks at discussion. It is also not a place to ask questions that are subjective or seek opinions. So while you asked a question it was preceded by comments likely to generate discussion. Because the gist of it was you've run into people who want to impose some arbitrary standard on you. DON'T ask for facts if you want a discussion. Don't ask for a discussion if all you want are facts. Don't mix the two. ***Don't expect sympathy if you can't work out the difference between a fact and an opinion*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: The Lindens asked for feedback when they proposed display names. Not allowing display names that matched an existing account 'Legacy Name' was a requested feature. The Lindens chose not to add that restriction. So now you still have people wanting something the Lindens decided they would not provide. btw, although answers exists it is not a place to obtain a discussion. It sucks at discussion. It is also not a place to ask questions that are subjective or seek opinions. So while you asked a question it was preceded by comments likely to generate discussion. Because the gist of it was you've run into people who want to impose some arbitrary standard on you. I don't remember them asking for Feedback but they sure as hell got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: The Lindens asked for feedback when they proposed display names. Not allowing display names that matched an existing account 'Legacy Name' was a requested feature. The Lindens chose not to add that restriction. So now you still have people wanting something the Lindens decided they would not provide. btw, although answers exists it is not a place to obtain a discussion. It sucks at discussion. It is also not a place to ask questions that are subjective or seek opinions. So while you asked a question it was preceded by comments likely to generate discussion. Because the gist of it was you've run into people who want to impose some arbitrary standard on you. I don't remember them asking for Feedback but they sure as hell got it! There was an August 2010 Jack Linden blog "Display Names: Bringing Greater Self-Expression to Second Life" that allowed resident responses. So maybe they didn't ask for it but they asked for it... if you follow me. https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Features/Display-Names-Bringing-Greater-Self-Expression-to-Second-Life/ba-p/660251/page/21 I also found a Jack Linden blog from 2010 which talks about the feedback they received. It also mentions the requested restriction the LL decided not to provide. I'll provide a quote and a link below. "Some of you have suggested disallowing the Display Name from matching any previous Username, but as we have used many millions of names for accounts already that would make Display Names very hard to use as most names would be blocked" https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Changes-to-Display-Names-Based-on-Your-Feedback/ba-p/664881/page/6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: The Lindens asked for feedback when they proposed display names. Not allowing display names that matched an existing account 'Legacy Name' was a requested feature. The Lindens chose not to add that restriction. So now you still have people wanting something the Lindens decided they would not provide. btw, although answers exists it is not a place to obtain a discussion. It sucks at discussion. It is also not a place to ask questions that are subjective or seek opinions. So while you asked a question it was preceded by comments likely to generate discussion. Because the gist of it was you've run into people who want to impose some arbitrary standard on you. I don't remember them asking for Feedback but they sure as hell got it! There was an August 2010 Jack Linden blog "Display Names: Bringing Greater Self-Expression to Second Life" that allowed resident responses. So maybe they didn't ask for it but they asked it... if you follow me. https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Features/Display-Names-Bringing-Greater-Self-Expression-to-Second-Life/ba-p/660251/page/21 I also found a Jack Linden blog from 2010 which talks about the feedback they received. It also mentions the requested restriction the LL decided not to provide. I'll provide a quote and a link below. "Some of you have suggested disallowing the Display Name from matching any previous Username, but as we have used many millions of names for accounts already that would make Display Names very hard to use as most names would be blocked" https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Changes-to-Display-Names-Based-on-Your-Feedback/ba-p/664881/page/6 Thanks for the reminder. Once upon a time they used to allow us to reply to blog announcements........... Was a lot more fun back then and a lot harder for them to ignore us while they ignored us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: The Lindens asked for feedback when they proposed display names. Not allowing display names that matched an existing account 'Legacy Name' was a requested feature. The Lindens chose not to add that restriction. So now you still have people wanting something the Lindens decided they would not provide. btw, although answers exists it is not a place to obtain a discussion. It sucks at discussion. It is also not a place to ask questions that are subjective or seek opinions. So while you asked a question it was preceded by comments likely to generate discussion. Because the gist of it was you've run into people who want to impose some arbitrary standard on you. I don't remember them asking for Feedback but they sure as hell got it! There was an August 2010 Jack Linden blog "Display Names: Bringing Greater Self-Expression to Second Life" that allowed resident responses. So maybe they didn't ask for it but they asked it... if you follow me. https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Features/Display-Names-Bringing-Greater-Self-Expression-to-Second-Life/ba-p/660251/page/21 I also found a Jack Linden blog from 2010 which talks about the feedback they received. It also mentions the requested restriction the LL decided not to provide. I'll provide a quote and a link below. "Some of you have suggested disallowing the Display Name from matching any previous Username, but as we have used many millions of names for accounts already that would make Display Names very hard to use as most names would be blocked" https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Changes-to-Display-Names-Based-on-Your-Feedback/ba-p/664881/page/6 Thanks for the reminder. Once upon a time they used to allow us to reply to blog announcements........... Was a lot more fun back then and a lot harder for them to ignore us while they ignored us. Yes, although these things seem to go in cycles. Like the JIRA system. A 'new' JIRA system was implemented back in the fall of 2010. Two years later we moved to the 'your JIRA is our secret' approach. No one could comment other than the reporter. After the a JIRA had been triaged the dialog ended. A mere 17 months later JIRA is not secret. People get to comment again. But the blogs announcing the JIRA changes later than Sept 2010 - no replies allowed. Maybe that's on a longer cycle. I do miss the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: btw, although answers exists it is not a place to obtain a discussion. It sucks at discussion. It is also not a place to ask questions. FIFY! ;-). Answers is the most broken facility of its kind I've ever seen. The originators of questions are not allowed to further participate in the resolution of their problems, other than by editing their question. And those edits do not notify anyone who's participated in the thread. The CIA has nothing on LL with regard to torturing people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Which are some of the reasons I don't do the Answers Section. I dislike it very much. And sometimes getting a person their answer requires DISCUSSION. I do think we need an FAQ tab that covers the most frequently asked questions. How many times do we need to explain "unpacking a box?" I agree in principle that the GD should be for GD, but given how dismally formatted Answers is it does not bother me so much that people post their questions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: Qwalyphi Korpov wrote: The Lindens asked for feedback when they proposed display names. Not allowing display names that matched an existing account 'Legacy Name' was a requested feature. The Lindens chose not to add that restriction. So now you still have people wanting something the Lindens decided they would not provide. btw, although answers exists it is not a place to obtain a discussion. It sucks at discussion. It is also not a place to ask questions that are subjective or seek opinions. So while you asked a question it was preceded by comments likely to generate discussion. Because the gist of it was you've run into people who want to impose some arbitrary standard on you. I don't remember them asking for Feedback but they sure as hell got it! There was an August 2010 Jack Linden blog "Display Names: Bringing Greater Self-Expression to Second Life" that allowed resident responses. So maybe they didn't ask for it but they asked it... if you follow me. https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Features/Display-Names-Bringing-Greater-Self-Expression-to-Second-Life/ba-p/660251/page/21 I also found a Jack Linden blog from 2010 which talks about the feedback they received. It also mentions the requested restriction the LL decided not to provide. I'll provide a quote and a link below. "Some of you have suggested disallowing the Display Name from matching any previous Username, but as we have used many millions of names for accounts already that would make Display Names very hard to use as most names would be blocked" https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Changes-to-Display-Names-Based-on-Your-Feedback/ba-p/664881/page/6 Thanks for the reminder. Once upon a time they used to allow us to reply to blog announcements........... Was a lot more fun back then and a lot harder for them to ignore us while they ignored us. Yes, although these things seem to go in cycles. Like the JIRA system. A 'new' JIRA system was implemented back in the fall of 2010. Two years later we moved to the 'your JIRA is our secret' approach. No one could comment other than the reporter. After the a JIRA had been triaged the dialog ended. A mere 17 months later JIRA is not secret. People get to comment again. But the blogs announcing the JIRA changes later than Sept 2010 - no replies allowed. Maybe that's on a longer cycle. I do miss the fun. OMG Qwal - didn't you see the bold type at the bottom of that last blog? Here, I'll quote it for you: "We think these changes will make for a better, more transparent and more productive experience for all of us, but if you have additional ideas on ways to improve our implementation, you can share them with us in this Forum thread." See? It's come full circle..... ... dat means.... well, the times they are a changin' Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlewLlwyd Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Perrie Juran wrote: I do think we need an FAQ tab that covers the most frequently asked questions. HEY that's a great idea! Perhaps we could call the FAQ tab "KNOWLEDGE BASE"! ***Don't look up the page, you might get a nose bleed*** Perrie Juran wrote: How many times do we need to explain "unpacking a box?" AND in that "KNOWLEDGE BASE" tab perhaps we could have articles about, say, "unpacking a box" ***But how could we get idiots to look in the tabs for things like KNOWLEDGE BASE and ANSWERS rather than just posting their stupidly repetitive questions in GENERAL DISCUSSIONS*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 LlewLlwyd wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: I do think we need an FAQ tab that covers the most frequently asked questions. HEY that's a great idea! Perhaps we could call the FAQ tab "KNOWLEDGE BASE"! ***Don't look up the page, you might get a nose bleed*** Perrie Juran wrote: How many times do we need to explain "unpacking a box?" AND in that "KNOWLEDGE BASE" tab perhaps we could have articles about, say, "unpacking a box" ***But how could we get idiots to look in the tabs for things like KNOWLEDGE BASE and ANSWERS rather than just posting their stupidly repetitive questions in GENERAL DISCUSSIONS*** Not everything in the KB is an FAQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Perrie Juran wrote: Which are some of the reasons I don't do the Answers Section. I dislike it very much. So do the rest of us. And sometimes getting a person their answer requires DISCUSSION. Y ep, and sometimes people wish to offer thanks. You can't do that easily, either. I'm surprised that a few make the extra effort to do so. It feels good. I do think we need an FAQ tab that covers the most frequently asked questions. The entire SL website was designed by people who are remarkably clueless about... design. Look at the front page. There are no links to the Knowledge Base, Wiki or Forums. Even on a 4K screen, you must scroll down to find the "Support" link in the "Connect with Us" column. None of the links in the "Connect..." column connect you with LL, unless you think viewing PR material is connecting. On Apple's home page, the "Support" link is on the right side of the menu bar, next to search. On a Mac, "Help" is on the right side of the menu bar, next to search. No scrolling is ever required to find help. It is this attention to detail that separates the wheat from the chaff. How many times do we need to explain "unpacking a box?" At least once to every resident in SL. If that's not done well in an easy to find place, people will come here. This is not so much the result of stupidity or laziness on the part of residents, it's the result of stupidity or laziness on the part of LL. Remember, the residents have the money that LL needs to stay alive. I agree in principle that the GD should be for GD, but given how dismally formatted Answers is it does not bother me so much that people post their questions here. In principle, if LL's principals had the right principles, we wouldn't be complaining so much about these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IohnGocc Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I have been trying to make my username and display name the same, but that does not seem to be working. Also I would like to use different fonts on the name. I could use some help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Usernames cannot be changed, so any matching must be done by changing your display name (or just resetting it to your username). I see you've been able to do that by looking at your profile feed. I also see you've used Unicode frilly characters in the past, which is the only way to achieve different looking characters. SL provides no ability to change character fonts. I do not recommend using Unicode characters, as there are all kinds of little problems lurking in SL that may bite you eventually if you do. Display names may be changed no more often than once per week, but can be reset to match your username at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Madelaine McMasters wrote: I do not recommend using Unicode characters, as there are all kinds of little problems lurking in SL that may bite you eventually if you do. Yes, and not only in SL. A non-trivial number of people will see Unicode display names (and group tags, etc) with certain of the letters displayed as a nondescript box instead of the ever-so-clever frilly-fonted letter. That's because some people choose -- and some need -- non-standard fonts, some of which lack some Unicode characters. Put another way: the Unicode characters don't merely look aggressively dopey, they're also a direct attack on those with vision limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalytha Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 LlewLlwyd wrote: ***But how could we get idiots to look in the tabs for things like KNOWLEDGE BASE and ANSWERS rather than just posting their stupidly repetitive questions in GENERAL DISCUSSIONS*** It's only repetative to those who have been here a while. To the person asking it, it is not repetative at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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