tc wrote:

I'd say that people have been seriously abusing the nickname function. People really should not have nicknames that are significantly different from their usernames.

People should not use nicknames that closely resemble other people's usernames.

People should not use unpronounceable nicknames.

People should not use nicknames that are made up of non-alphabetical characters.

I agree. We should therefore make a policy about this while keeping the ability to have nicknames. There is nothing wrong with my nick, no?

It should be reasonably easy to associate a nickname with a user name. Doing otherwise was cute at first but after a while it does border on rudeness (however unintended).

--Daniel Mayer (aka mav)