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Yes/no?
Users registered who has been a member for more than 3 months may be renamed only for a donation of 20$.
Seriously?
umm.. im not complaining about having it cost money you know? im saying to the people in this thread they should be grateful about the costs because it use to cost more based on posts =_= jeezKim, the reason your name change required a cost, is because you went from Werewulf to Kimberly, according to hakeem and a few others its Free to shorten, If you went from Werewulf to wulf or something it would have been free like in my case.
No. but have you ran Hive? No. Hive isnt "yours". Im thinking for Ralle, his situation AND his best interests, not "you" or "yours".> Having name changes causes complication and confusion you know
Not really. About 6 or so months ago, I changed my name on various forums to Lyerae. Never had problems. Even on the bigger boards.
> Do it for free because some people simply "changed their mind"
People change their minds. They always have, and always will. It's what makes us who we are.
> yet dont support the cost/funds of the server? yeah..you know, Ralle loses money from this site, he doesn't gain it...
Bullshit. Why should the users be expected to pay for the server?
If Ralle can't pay for the server on his own (including Advertisements, since members aren't really donating/paying), then he should shut THW down until he can.
> then stick with your name
I'm perfectly fine with my name. I just think it's ridiculous that he charges.
Let me ask you, Kimberly. Have you ever run a forums before?
No. but have you ran Hive? No. Hive isnt "yours". Im thinking for Ralle, his situation AND his best interests, not "you" or "yours".
EDIT, btw, nothing in life is for free, one thing will always require another. Get use to it.
And that's why it will continue to cost money to change your name.I know nothing in life is free. Everything has a cost. You must work to fulfill this cost. That's the way things are, have been, and always will be.
Users registered who has been a member for more than 3 months may be renamed only for a donation of 20$.
Seriously?
I know nothing in life is free. Everything has a cost. You must work to fulfill this cost. That's the way things are, have been, and always will be.
I use to be Werewulf, but another user paid on my behalf.
The reason why the Hive needs such sources of income is because it is FUCKING expensive to rent a domain, as well as keeping it up to date. Since there's an insufficient amount of donations incoming obviously, the Hive needs to rent places for ads, fine name changes and encourage people to contribute financially.
Want username changes to be free? Then keep a steady amount of donations for the site so the need of money would cease and there would be no need for ads, more options would be free, etc.
Otherwise, stop Q.Qing about it and put up with how the site works.
Running the site isn't free either, you know.
The reason why the Hive needs such sources of income is because it is FUCKING expensive to rent a domain, as well as keeping it up to date. Since there's an insufficient amount of donations incoming obviously, the Hive needs to rent places for ads, fine name changes and encourage people to contribute financially.
Want username changes to be free? Then keep a steady amount of donations for the site so the need of money would cease and there would be no need for ads, more options would be free, etc.
Otherwise, stop Q.Qing about it and put up with how the site works.
I'm not crying about it I'm just saying $20 is a bit ridiculous...
And I know how a site works: I have my own. Buying a domain is cheap. I paid less than $8 for a 1 year registration. Anyone even earning minimum wage could afford $8/year. And unless the Hive is hosted on its own servers, web hosting is quite cheap as well these days. With hosting24, you can get unlimited everything for $8/month or $5/month with a 3 year contract. Plus the money from the ads...
Anyway, $5 would be far more reasonable.
I own and operate my own site. I know that better than you, I'd say.
And domains aren't that expensive. You can get one for about $10.
How about make a currency which involves the post count too, so that players might have some benefits like changing their name, just don't make the benefits as many and good as when people actually pay...
PS: Example - 1000 Posts to change your name with the same amount of characters as your old name.
- 2000 Posts to change your name with one extra letter from your old name.
- 3000 Posts to have a 1-time free pass to bump your thread earlier.
PPS: Or we could use Reputation - 500 Reputation to change your name.
I think the main reason that rule's there is just to discourage people from changing their name unless they've given it some good thought.
Actually, registering with a username requires less throught than changing it afterwards. Take my case as an example, I made up zombie2279 in a mere second, only later did it occour to me that there were better alternatives.
Yeah. But i think most of us are coming from complete/new name changes, not shortened names.Okay fair enough. I kinda meant "discourage people from changing their name" after they've been active for a while. Then again your name wasn't much of a change so there wasn't much confusion.
So in short, recapitalization and name shortening is free, while full name changes are paid?
This thread will not change something that's been in effect for years, so it would be rather pointless even to reply.
Ralle in Admin Contact said:We initially don't allow users to create new accounts for these reasons:
- creating new accounts to rep each other and raise rep / raise opinion about a matter / vote on polls/competitions.
- creating new accounts to troll / flame / spam.
- get around bans or other punishments.
We initially had a rule that said that you are not allowed to change your username. But then we allowed people to change their username either if their account is very new or if they donate a sum. Simply because of these reasons:
- when you are an older member people will know you by your username. If you change it, it will NEVER be the same again. People get a sort of feeling about your name and there will just be a lot of confusion about it.
- it would be a way for people to get away from punishments. People will be hard to get to if they constantly change their name.
- users trading names would get completely confusing.
In many cases I have allowed people to create new accounts for the following reasons:
- sharing an account because of a shared resource.
- getting a secret new start after convincing me of changed behaviour.
In many cases I have given a free username change even though the initial time period has passed and without having donated simply because of excellent behaviour while still a quite unknown person (this is quite important).
> Having name changes causes complication and confusion you knowHaving name changes causes complication and confusion you know? If everyone could change their name to whatever when they wanted to, thats ...just stupid right?
Even with limits on name changes for free, what do you expect Ralle to do? Do it for free because some people simply "changed their mind"? Becuase these people are desperate to make a name for themselves on hive yet dont support the cost/funds of the server? yeah..you know, Ralle loses money from this site, he doesn't gain it...
IF you want a privilege given by Ralle, and he sees that you pay money, then pay money. Dont like it, then stick with your name or dont go to his site he pays for so people can make a person of themselves here.
Which would say my way here.- getting a secret new start after convincing me of changed behaviour.
In many cases