Originally Posted by Sly

via a board admin, do you think the name change should be announced?

It's similar to changing an identity. Let's say that Ricky Dinkus rips you off for $500. Ricky has his name changed to Blue Banana. You do a bit of business with Blue Banana and get ripped off once again. Yes, it is your responsibility to know who you are doing business with, but "identity changes" do not make it any easier.

There are a few users that have changed names recently and I cannot for the life of me figure out who they were before. I don't think it's all that different from creating a "fake Nick."

Thoughts?