I recently noticed a new poster with the name Commie Pinko Jew Fag. I am just curious about the rules regarding what usernames are acceptible here at the Dope, and what the general boundries are for things like this. Thanks
DISCLAIMER: This is not a pitting of this new user, just a question that popped into my head because I’m having a slow day at work today. Thanks again.
Hmm, IANAM, but I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts, any username with the words “Jew fag” in it isn’t going see any real posting milestones.
The name was changed as soon as it came to our attention.
I’m going to close this thread. And I’ve deleted some of the posts. This is NOT the forum to be making comments about people’s screennames.
We do have some sort of standard for usernames, although it’s admittedly not a well-defined standard. There’s a point where something is over the top.
When a new person signs on with an inappropriate screen name, it’s not clear whether it’s just ignorance or whether it’s deliberate jerk-hood. We usually suspend their posting privileges until we get clarification of which situation we’re in.