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xpringke

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  1. Well no, as most users in this thread has suggested, there'd be a large cooldown. This would prevent impersonators from switching identities too fast, and therefore making them much easier to spot and ban. Of course there are more pressing issues, but this thread is specifically about username changing. I don't see how discussing this feature prevents other issues from being fixed? A lot of people have already agreed that this is a needed feature? I still haven't gotten a realistic example of possible abuse, other than impersonation, which isn't plausible.
  2. You just repeated what you said in your previous post? Again, people can already do this. And as I mentioned previously, there'd, of course, be a "Past usernames" tab to prevent this. You forgot that a seller's credibility doesn't just depend on names and branding, but also on reviews. I doubt that an impersonator would get positive reviews, and therefore they wouldn't be trustworthy. Successfully impersonating a successful person on Fiverr is already difficult, and I doubt that allowing username changes would make it easier with the correct measures. Closing my account would mean losing all my reviews, losing my level 2 status, losing all my credibility, and everything I've worked on for the past few years. Unlike username changing, 20% on tips I understand since removing it would allow people to abuse the system, as you said. However, I do not see how changing your goddamn username twice a year would be that much of a problem. There'd not be any reason for people to want to change their usernames to impersonate someone rather than create a new account. If a seller already had good reviews and good credibility, why would they jeopardize that for the chance of getting a few extra sales and most definitely a ban? It just isn't a realistic situation and would be very rare.
  3. How would allowing users to change their username increase the ability for people to impersonate others? If someone wanted to do that, they'd create a new account? If you're that worried about scamming becoming a bigger problem, then there'd, of course, be a "Past usernames" tab on sellers' profiles. As others have previously mentioned, people might want to rebrand. I, for example, created my Fiverr profile with the intent of using it as a buyer. Therefore my username does not represent my expertise, and it also has a spelling mistake. I didn't care too much when I first made it, but being a now successful seller, it has become a problem.
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