mdccxxvii

How do you delete a thread and how do you delete an account.

If they can IM/email their friends/family, they can ask someone to check up on their geocaching account once every two months... Just don't delete the logs! It shouldn't be hard to make it so that logs become permanent fixtures on the cache site, when a user's account is deleted.

Ditto. Ssssssssssssssssssslllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Heck, they're slow on my non-dial up!!!

To everyone who actually scrolled down this far... The reason I created this string, was because a Groundspeak staff member recommended it. I emailed Groundspeak, and they said, "put it as a forum topic", but of course with much better grammar. No, I don't need anyone to create me an account, I can do that myself. Changing display names is what I think will free up space on the database, (fewer accounts taking up space from people who have ditched names they don't like). The text display would be simple, because it would be sort of like an avatar, displayed in logs. A simple text display retrieved from the user's profile, with a link to the user's account. If this doesn't happen... then Groundspeak should at least make a program that deletes unused account.

The topic has been edited: I think that users should be able to change their display name once a year for their geocaching account. There would be a static username, that would be visible once the display name was clicked on to see the profile. The reason I think that users whould be able to change their display names, is that like me, many users may just want to start geocaching before thinking of a very good name. "Mdccxxvii" is what I'm stuck with, unless I start anew, which would be annoying, even though I've found only five caches.

My stance is that there are so many accounts in cyberspace, just taking up room on the geocaching database. If names could be changed just once, and inactive accounts would be deleted (inactive for 2 months?), then it might be worth the extra effort to make the username database less full, and more efficient. You have a very strong oppinion, Mopar. I believe that this will save time, not waste it.

OK. Maybe just one change per. account in first week. That should limit it. As well, this would decrease the number of accounts that are just left in hyperspace using up usernames and taking up room in the Geocaching account database.

I think that new users whould be able to change their username for the first month that they have their geocaching account. If anyone agrees or disagrees, please post their comments below. --EDITED-- The reason I think that users whould be able to change their names, is that like me, many users may just want to start geocaching before thinking of a very good name. "Mdccxxvii" is what I'm stuck with, unless I start anew, which would be annoying, even though I've found only five caches.