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# If you change your username for comedy purposes
then there is nothing stopping an unscrupulous person from nabbing your real username before you can switch back.
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 0:50, archived)
# this scares me too much to think
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 0:51, archived)
# there is
the name you registered with will come up as taken if say i tried to change my name to said name.
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 0:52, archived)
# that's definitely not true
change your name and see.
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 0:55, archived)
# go on try and use my name then
it won't let you use kv...well it shouldn't.
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 0:56, archived)
# like this?
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 1:00, archived)
#
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 1:02, archived)
# Not unless
it has been added as a recent code tweak to the board.

Provided a user-name is not currently in use, there is nothing to stop anybody using it. Regardless of who signed up with it. As far as I know.
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 0:56, archived)
# ah i was wrong
just tried it.
i registered the name kitty vomit about 4 years ago and it's currently something else...hence i have it now...so i shall change back to kittyvomit.
(, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 0:59, archived)