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Discussion on: Changing your name is a hard unsolved problem in Computer Science

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Ramiro Serrato

I personally think username reusability is necessary, disallowing it may cause issues with trolls and attackers that can register and then update usernames multiple times, making impossible for others to use.

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Shauna Gordon

The systems that limit the frequency of username changes and/or have a name lockout period before release seem to do okay with balancing the need to release them back for genuine use and preventing malicious use.