i dont know if this has been put up before, but basically my idea is this..

this site says in its laws that "user names will not be deleted for any reason" or something along those lines.

i believe this is a touch shite, because people make accounts just so they have the name simply so others cannot, for example my friend stephen wants the account name "Stephen" but there is an account already named thus, the thing is that it was made in 2003, was last seen 2000 days ago and it doesnt have a single post count.

what im acctually suggesting is, that user names should have an "expiry date".
accounts that have been in active for longer than 12 months be put on a designated "inactive member list" and the names be available for sale for a fee equal to or higher than a regular name change(litterally buying the account name for your own use so its not wasted on some greedy persons ego)

the accounts would still be there, and accessible, but the name gets stripped and when/if they ever come back to the site, they choose a new account name like they are creating a new account, but keep all their user stats previously held.

also, banned accounts should fall under this aswell considering the accounts are un-useable, (with a cool down period for people who have been wrongly banned and are able to sort out something with paul which results in being unbanned)


i think it would be incredibly popular for members who have always wanted a specific account name but have been screwed because of someone who created the account 5 years ago and have litterally never used the account since. and this would also be a great way to clean off excess forum gold on this site (much like the raffle, rainbow orbs, regular name changes etc.)

post your opinions, and reasons for why you voted.

im sorry if im just beating a dead horse on this topic, i honestly dont know if its been put forward before

thanks for reading.

Love this idea.

Yes

^^

never going to happen

Loving this idea. maybe i can get the name "Ace" once. But this is never going to happend :/

doesnt hurt to ask.


also, i just thought of something, maybe account names which have alot of interest could be put up for an auction, a set time limit, say somewhere between 2-4 weeks, where people can place bids on the account name.
gives people a chance to get a name without some rich guy coming in and buying it without others interested in it seeing it, fairness and all.

Good idea again and I would like that too but Im pretty sure this never will happen.

yeah, like i said it doesnt hurt to ask.

and i dont see why it could never happen, i honestly cant see it being that hard to do with what has been accomplised on this site. and it would be an excellent fg recycler and create alot more happiness among more active and influential members that can use an account name that they would prefer compared to their current.

Insight? Opinion as to why not?

He put a lot of effort into this and it wouldn't hurt for him to get constructive criticism or an alternative resolution. Posting this as the third reply doesn't encourage others to post site suggestions. I recommend posting some sort of information that backs up your assumption of what will and will not happen...or not posting a remark at all. This does not encourage others to post site suggestions if they think that mods/meds are going to shoot down their suggestion without the jsp public getting a chance to give there $0.02.


I think this is a great idea, especially considering that there are hundreds of abandoned accounts on jsp that were (to my knowledge) created for the simple purpose of downloading the d2jsp bot.

How many people created an account for one purpose and never signed on again? Thats alot of dead accounts that were originated for reasons that no longer exist today.

Great idea Bender. Even if there is not alternative solution at this time, it may be a stepping stone towards some sort of resolution.

This post was edited by Arrial on Jan 23 2009 03:09am

good idea imo