[SOLUTION] Nicknames/display names

hydrofungus · #1 Oct. 31, 2023 13:18:04

As you know, the original nickname/display name suggestion is rejected:

Za-Chary, in the TOLORS wrote:
8.1 Changing usernames or changing display names
If a user could change their username (or even set a certain “nickname” or “display name”), this could be very confusing for the Scratch community, especially for those following that user. In addition, this would make moderation of the website more difficult because it would be harder for the Scratch Team to keep an eye on what a user may be doing. The Scratch Team has allowed username changes only on very rare occasions, such as if the username contains personal information or causes gender dysphoria. Generally, the Scratch Team does not change usernames on request (including for reasons such as “I do not like my current username anymore”).

However, because of the way that usernames are stored on the server, changing the cases of letters in your username (for example, changing @Za-Chary to @ZA-CHARY) is NOT rejected; you can discuss it on this topic.

But I’ll make some changes.
Instead of showing only the nickname/display name, it’ll be like this in comments, made-by-username in projects I can’t inspect so I’ll be text-arting this lol
————
| p f p | (username) - (nickname/display)
————

On a profile:
———— (nickname/display)
| p f p | (@username)
————

comment (mockup by @starlightsparker, thank you!)

DisplayName | @username
Text
3 days ago | Reply

mockup by han614698

It’ll stay with only the username in studios, project credits, notifications, and followers/following.

It’ll follow the same filter as the username filter, and there’ll be a 7-days (or maybe 3-4, im still deciding) cooldown between each display change.

display names should be able to handle special text, like emojis or other symbols

and it'll have a 20 letters limit, like the username aight basically changable usernames /j

Last edited by hydrofungus (March 14, 2025 13:44:23)

gdfsgdfsgdfg · #2 Oct. 31, 2023 13:33:58

I think I suggested it before (open)
but can’t find it
(the ones I find I tried suggesting but it got closed even though its a solution)
found the closed one:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/662525/?page=1#post-6976321
found the other one:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/662723/?page=1#post-6978671
Can’t find the open one

Last edited by gdfsgdfsgdfg (Nov. 1, 2023 13:27:25)

gdfsgdfsgdfg · #3 Oct. 31, 2023 15:39:11

how come no discussion

Zydrolic · #4 Oct. 31, 2023 15:45:49

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:
( #3 )
how come no discussion

'cause not everyone has anything to add to it or is just uninterested??

hydrofungus · #5 Nov. 1, 2023 09:38:22

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:
I think I suggested it before (open)
but can’t find it
(the ones I find I tried suggesting but it got closed even though its a solution)

Maybe it’s not a dupe then

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:
how come no discussion

Maybe no one’s interested

medians · #6 Nov. 1, 2023 12:49:28

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:
I think I suggested it before (open)
but can’t find it
(the ones I find I tried suggesting but it got closed even though its a solution)
found the closed one:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/662525/?page=1#post-6976321

Because it was rejected..

medians wrote:
This is rejected.

8.1 Changing usernames
If a user could change their username (or even set a certain “nickname”) , this could be very confusing for the Scratch community, especially for those following that user. In addition, this would make moderation of the website more difficult because it would be harder for the Scratch Team to keep an eye on what a user may be doing. The Scratch Team has allowed username changes only on very rare occasions, such as if the username contained inappropriate content or personal information. Generally, the Scratch Team does not change usernames on request (including for reasons such as “I do not like my current username anymore”).

However, because of the way that usernames are stored on the server, changing the cases of letters in your username (for example, changing @Za-Chary to @ZA-CHARY) is NOT rejected; you can discuss it on this topic .

Also, look up nickname in the dictionary.

Last edited by medians (Nov. 1, 2023 12:49:36)

DlSCUSS · #7 Nov. 1, 2023 13:01:29

I couldn't get the profile name right, so I made a profile comment one.
So you're not planning it for profile comments? Aw, I wasted a lot of oxygen on this but

gdfsgdfsgdfg · #8 Nov. 1, 2023 13:09:41

medians wrote:
Because it was rejected..

here we go again
its a solution to the rejected suggestion

medians · #9 Nov. 1, 2023 13:21:21

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:

medians wrote:
Because it was rejected..
here we go again
its a solution to the rejected suggestion

Did you not see the underlined part

roofogato · #10 Nov. 1, 2023 13:22:15

(Yes! A solution to a rejected suggestion i really wanted!)

Obviously support. Nicknames should follow the same filter as regular usernames. Maybe cap at 30 characters instead of 20? Idk, still support

gdfsgdfsgdfg · #11 Nov. 1, 2023 13:23:51

medians wrote:
Did you not see the underlined part

The solution says add the actual
@name to prevent community confusion
(in notifications it will just show @name)
(shows in comments and posts too)

Last edited by gdfsgdfsgdfg (Nov. 1, 2023 13:24:41)

medians · #12 Nov. 1, 2023 14:59:11

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:

medians wrote:
Did you not see the underlined part
The solution says add the actual
@name to prevent community confusion
(in notifications it will just show @name)
(shows in comments and posts too)

People suggested stuff like this, and it was still rejected

hydrofungus · #13 Nov. 2, 2023 09:47:06

DlSCUSS wrote:
I couldn't get the profile name right, so I made a profile comment one.
So you're not planning it for profile comments? Aw, I wasted a lot of oxygen on this but

Actually, it applies for every comment field

roofogato wrote:
(Yes! A solution to a rejected suggestion i really wanted!)

Obviously support. Nicknames should follow the same filter as regular usernames. Maybe cap at 30 characters instead of 20? Idk, still support

Yeah, 30 is a nice maximum. We don’t want the username to override literally everything

medians wrote:

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:

medians wrote:
Did you not see the underlined part
The solution says add the actual
@name to prevent community confusion
(in notifications it will just show @name)
(shows in comments and posts too)
People suggested stuff like this, and it was still rejected

I literally said this was a solution ☠️
The others uses the nickname too much, and the actual username only appeared in profiles. This one only applies to 2 places along with the username

medians · #14 Nov. 2, 2023 12:53:35

hydrofungus wrote:

medians wrote:

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:

medians wrote:
Did you not see the underlined part
The solution says add the actual
@name to prevent community confusion
(in notifications it will just show @name)
(shows in comments and posts too)
People suggested stuff like this, and it was still rejected
I literally said this was a solution ☠️
The others uses the nickname too much, and the actual username only appeared in profiles. This one only applies to 2 places along with the username

https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/6976486/
I was referring to their topic.. they literally linked their topic.

Last edited by medians (Nov. 2, 2023 12:55:01)

gdfsgdfsgdfg · #15 Nov. 2, 2023 13:09:19

medians wrote:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/6976486/
I was referring to their topic.. they literally linked their topic.

once again, its a solution to a rejected suggestion
Also I’m not going to derail this topic

Last edited by gdfsgdfsgdfg (Nov. 2, 2023 13:09:40)

medians · #16 Nov. 2, 2023 13:27:10

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:

medians wrote:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/6976486/
I was referring to their topic.. they literally linked their topic.
once again, its a solution to a rejected suggestion
Also I’m not going to derail this topic

A Scratch Team member literally closed it as rejected, and I’ve seen similar topics be closed.
Oh nevermind, I’ve been stating this..

Last edited by medians (Nov. 2, 2023 13:27:46)

glitcX · #17 Nov. 2, 2023 14:20:53

Adding on to this, if one's post is quoted it shows up as their display name (or username, what do you guys think?)

glitcX · #18 Nov. 2, 2023 14:23:27

A user should have to wait 7 days between changing

hydrofungus · #19 Nov. 3, 2023 10:46:55

glitcX wrote:
Adding on to this, if one's post is quoted it shows up as their display name (or username, what do you guys think?)

It’ll just be the username, however, this

Will have both the display and username.

glitcX wrote:
A user should have to wait 7 days between changing

I don’t think there should be a cooldown, as this is basically decorative and doesn’t confuse people much, there’s no point in stopping them from changing their display 18 times a day

Zydrolic · #20 Nov. 3, 2023 10:48:30

hydrofungus wrote:
( #19 )
I don’t think there should be a cooldown, as this is basically decorative and doesn’t confuse people much, there’s no point in stopping them from changing their display 18 times a day

[ It'd still required to be stored on the servers and shown - Giving it a cooldown would probably be a better idea. ]

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