Username Changes
I personally think this should be also prioritized by Theymos. Why? I'm pretty sure some people here did a bad move in the past by using a username that is either:
- Somewhat related to their real name
- The same username as their other usernames on other websites
Which is a huge risk, as people can get doxxed easily. Similar to what happened to Hhampuz(if I remember correctly, not sure if it was him).
How to stop people from abusing this featurePut it behind a decent paywall. Probably something small but significant like 0.005
BTC or something. While it's quite cheap, it makes it somewhat unspammable.
How to stop shady people from hiding using name changesPut a name change history on people's profiles. Yes, people here on bitcointalk can see your previous usernames on your profile(probably make it so that only members and up can see them?). But people outside of bitcointalk cant find your bitcointalk profile by Google-able your past username by using the same technique used by Whois, whereas they made the email address an
image instead of plaintext to make it not Google-able. This might not make doxxing and connecting accounts impossible, but it does make it a bit more difficult.
Example screenshot below, using a whois query on google.com
P.S. Well done on the captcha bypass thing.