Why Limit the Days a User can Change their Username

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The discussion revolves around the limitation on changing usernames. tisawyer questions the reasoning behind this restriction and inquires about a setting for unlimited changes. awesomerobot explains that, although username changes no longer break quotes and other features, frequent changes can be annoying for others. The current solution is to set the “username change period” to 9999 (approximately 27 years), as there is no setting for unlimited changes.

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What is the thinking of limiting the days a user can change their username? Is there a setting for unlimited?

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Until somewhat recently when you changed your username you also broke quotes and some other continuity-dependent features.

This is no longer the case, but it can still be mildly annoying for others in the long-run. If someone changed their username every month for example, you’d have a hard time remembering what their username is if you wanted to mention them (people who do this definitely exist!).

There’s no setting for unlimited, but you could change the username change period setting to 9999 (~27 years).

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