# Should we allow usernames that are misleading (as defined in this post)? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 17, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852 "2020-06-17T16:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852/61 "2020-06-18T18:20:45Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > Still a near-zero non-problem. Yeah, remember the [Michael Minkler](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726709&highlight) shit? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852/62 "2020-06-18T18:29:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That is what it has come down too, the Mods are so used to being the cops here that any suggestions from the hoi polloi are dismissed out of hand. I dunno, the hoi polloi seem pretty dismissive of this idea as well. eta: I don’t care either way, as I am already using my real identity on these boards. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852/63 "2020-06-18T18:35:47Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Yeah, remember the [Michael Minkler](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726709&highlight) shit? What has that thread to do with the subject of misleading names? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852/64 "2020-06-18T19:32:10Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > You’re not an Intergalactic Gladiator? Then how do you explain [this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540179) Of course I am an Intergalactic Gladiator, as per my name. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852/65 "2020-06-18T20:37:09Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > …Examples include **Barack Obama** (who I presume is not the former President of the United States, although that may be the poster’s given name)… Wha! Next you’ll be telling me that poster **Wesley Clark** isn’t a [retired US four star general](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Clark). You gotta just trust some things in life bud. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852/66 "2020-06-18T22:00:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I dunno, the hoi polloi seem pretty dismissive of this idea as well. > > … Maybe, and that’s fine. No big deal to me. But how about the threads asking that the Cword and Bword no longer be used? Or that the Pit no longer allow misogyny? Those seemed pretty popular with the customers. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852/68 "2020-06-23T00:02:08Z")
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