Posted by Spoc on March 29, 2005, at 6:58:00
In reply to Re: posting under a new (old) name, posted by Dr. Bob on March 28, 2005, at 3:13:10
Ok, the answer to this will probably dawn on me immediately after I post and I'll feel stoopid, but: if the system "releases"/eradicates a name as soon as someone actually abandons it by registering with a new one, how do people end up posting under two names at once? (Maybe there is a "delete prior name" option in the process that I'm unaware of...)
I'm figuring the system must release the old name, and right away, if a person with this confidentiality objective must then formally re-register with it to get it back. If the name is free in between, I guess the person also risks that someone else will take it while they have the bag on their head. ;-) (Probably by coincidence, but if two and two were put together deviously by someone, potentially intentionally...)
Ok, I probably should have just gotten more sleep, may have made no sense at all!
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