Similar name registration should not be allowed.

[SuperBitMan]

When going through some red tagged account I saw this account, and I have also seen familiar accounts that registered with similar names of old members in this forum, and I’m sure other members have seen things like this.
To be honest the forum should be programmed or set in a way that anyone who is trying to register new account in this forum and the name he or she wants to use is similar to already existing name in the forum, the registration should not go through.
Some people are registering with similar names of old members for scam purposes. Some of you will say red tagging them is just okay but let remember that before we may discover them they may have already achieved their purpose. Same name registration is not allowed, same thing should also go for similar names, especially like the example above.


Identity Theft should not be given a chance here.

[Zaguru12]

Personally I think this will be difficult because looking at name it actually carries Zero (00) instead of the letter O so there is no way such names can be treated as same and similar names either can be stopped.

Now it is left on our side to be vigilant of the members we engage with, even real accounts can change hands and carry out scam talk more of similar accounts. You can easily even identify this new accounts by posting patterns.

More so why should a reputable member who hasn’t messaged you before start all of a sudden and if it does from real account and the issue involves money you can simply ask for signing of message from a very old address of the member

[Joy- maker]

The forum is already programmed in such a way that, you can't register using an existing name in the forum. And if take a look at the account you used to cite example you will notice that, the newbie account used numbers in place of O 2 zeros (g00d) while the big guy, jollygood, used alphabet through out. So in essence, the newbie account registered using similar name because he or she made use of number (zero).

[Frankolala]

If you register with the exact name, that's alphabet and spellings are the same as that of an already registered member in the forum, the forum system will tell you that username already exist and your account wouldn't be registered. However, if you choose the same name with different spellings, the forum will register you. If you take a proper look at the account in the OP, you will see that it's not exactly the same spellings in the alphabet.

[Charles-Tim]

As long as the name has not been used before by anyone, it should be allowed. People can easily differentiate an established member from a newbie.

The forum is already programmed in such a way that, you can't register using an existing name in the forum. And if take a look at the account you used to cite example you will notice that, the newbie account used numbers in place of O 2 zeros (g00d) while the big guy, jollygood, used alphabet through out. So in essence, the newbie account registered using similar name because he or she made use of numbers (zero).

This is not what SuperBitMan is asking, he is requesting that because there is a member that has similar name with jollyg00d which is JollyGood, that Bitcointalk should not allow jollyg00d not to be able to register the username as jollyg00d when he wanted to register it.

[Dr.Osh]

I don't think there was any identity theft, maybe he's a jolygood fan so he wanted to use a name that's almost similar, anyone knows that it's not a real account, if it's called identity theft then almost all of us are thieves

[logfiles]

Technically, the names are not similar. Zero (0) is a different form letter O but by the time someone goes to such lengths to create a username. It means that they are either trying to troll or their intentions are not good.
You can't restrict all characters just because a certain popular member's name has them, though. Members should be able to distinguish between "0" and "O", "I" and "1", "5" and "S" etc

[noorman0]

What if someone is more comfortable using their popular name or real name and unfortunately doesn't register early? I disagree with this suggestion.

As far as I know, the forum implements such a censorship system only for Satoshi account. This reasoning is clearly acceptable, as it's not just about handling disputes between 1 vs 100 people.

[LTU_btc]

First, I have no idea how such thing can be implemented from technical side. What we consider as similar username? 1 or 2 different characters or different word/letter order, like SuperManBit instead of SuperBitMan? For me it's unclear at all how to implement such thing in effective way.
And personally I don't think that such thing is needed. Ok, there is some attempts to impersonate, but probably it applies most to most famous forum names. While I don't see any reasons to forbid to use similar name like some random member or bot who made zero posts used to signup here

[TokenTikas]

To be honest the forum should be programmed or set in a way that anyone who is trying to register new account in this forum and the name he or she wants to use is similar to already existing name in the forum, the registration should not go through.

As far as I know, no second person can create an account on this forum using the exact same name. When someone tries to register with a name that already exists, the account does not open and the forum automatically notifies that an account with that name is already present, so it is not possible to create another account with the same name. There is no account on this forum with the exact same name, if two names look similar, it usually means there is a slight difference in the spelling.

but by the time someone goes to such lengths to create a username. It means that they are either trying to troll or their intentions are not good.

Yes, it was clearly done just for trolling that someone tried to register with that name and when he realized the exact same name could not be registered on the forum, he then used a slightly altered spelling to create the account. The owner of an account opened in 2017 would never come again in 2021 to create another account with the same name. The only real reason behind opening the account named jollyg00d was to troll, it is quite certain that there was no good intention behind it.

[DYING_S0UL]

Identity Theft?

I mean nobody (the majority) here uses their real name anyway. So I'm not sure what you mean by identity theft. As for similar usernames, I consider that a different story. This is a free forum, you may have any usernames that's available to you, that's the current rule afaik. Also just because someone tried to scam with a similar username doesn't mean we should request a restriction on similar name registration. Today or tomorrow these accounts will be noticed by everyone anyway and probably be tagged, so I think it's just unnecessary to make these changes to the current system. Just my two cents...

Btw, have you seen any other platform with such thing? I don't quite believe you have.

[btcnbegun]

Bogus, usernames should be a matter of choice not for discrimination. Identical names are a matter of coincidence and nothing martian about it.

[Hazink]

I join others in disagree with that idea. I should not be limited to creating an account with a name I choose just because someone has first used a similar name earlier before me, and our purpose for choosing that name is different. 

If the feature to block similar user name was to be a thing I could have not been allowed to used my username because @punk.zink have long created account with similar name and many others  

Everyone should be allowed to answer whatever they choose as long as they don't try to use the name to impersonate someone on the forum.

[EarnOnVictor]

Identity Theft should not be given a chance here.

I understand your disposition, but it doesn't work that way, because this is not a Trademark ™️, it's a free forum, and I've not heard of what you are suggesting in any forum, media or any other public place on the internet. Even if it's just a single addition like a letter or number, no system can flag it unavailable, why should it be different on a free forum like Bitcointalk?

[rat03gopoh]

Identical names are a matter of coincidence and nothing martian about it.

It's not only a coincidence; several times, there are people who clearly want to impersonate someone else's nickname for things like scamming, trolling, or creating more drama.
This isn't new, but it's just a waste of time for the perpetrators.

[Upgrade00]

If you know someone well enough to trade with them you should be able to distinguish their account from a brand new look alike and avoid getting scammed. Maybe if we get one or more users who get scammed in this way the admin can consider adding it, but I can't see a need for it at the moment.

Satoshi I believe is the only username that you cannot create a parody account for, the registration will not go through for good reason.

[mindrust]

They get negative trust ratings almost instantly the moment they start posting. If people still manage to get scammed by those accounts then we can't really do much. Those people will eventually find another way to get scammed if not by this. The original owner might want to create an alt account with a nickname similar to the original one. Some people do that when they receive a ban. They create a new alt account with a similar nick name to their original account and they create an ban appeal topic.

I don't like this idea. People should have enough self awareness to identify scams.

[KingsDen]

To be honest the forum should be programmed or set in a way that anyone who is trying to register new account in this forum and the name he or she wants to use is similar to already existing name in the forum, the registration should not go through.

Sorry to ask, I don't know if you are a programmer.

When I haven't written any codes before, I used to think that everything is possible. But when I started writing codes, I will walk down the street, thinking on how to pass a particular function. That was when I started reasoning differently. Well, I don't know how they do it now that we have different AI models.

The forum uses unique ID for every username. So, there's no way to make the registration not go through when it was obviously "jollyg00d" and not "jollygood". I wonder how to implement it if the forum tries to safeguard everyone's name by not registering similar (not the same ) username.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Had a member who registered using a similar username to mine (just different by one character) and it wasn't a big deal because he came into the forum to advertise his business that had a similar domain name to his username

His username was (BitcoinArena)

I think we should not be so brutal towards new users. let there be some sort of freedom. Only if they show signs of ill intent should we act accordingly.

[Ambatman]

How? The forum doesn't allow registration of same name
And they may look similar doesn't mean their characters are same.
It's easy to even know the difference and that an account was created for scam
As can be seen that most account of such are red tagged
So effective
I see no reason why such should or could be implemented.
Reminds me of this two Casinos
Duelbits and Duel
Look similar but are different.

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