That's fair enough, I suppose > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Burton Johnsey > Sent: 15 November 2008 18:39 > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Steam Community Group: Changing Group Name > > "The name of a group is basically it's primary identity. Let's say I > create > a group called "Left 4 Dead UK", tons of UK gamers who are excited > about > Left 4 Dead then join it. > > Later I rename the group to "Racist/Pedophile Slur Here" (you get the > idea), > now everyone who had joined is associated with this text > unintentionally. Is > that what you would want as a group member? Rename is ripe for abuse > because > it essentially allows the owner to change what I as a member have > identified > myself with. It's not being implemented because of that, as well as > because > of the confusion it creates for users when the name suddenly changes. > > It's quite intentional that in order to perform a "rename" now you have > to > create a new group and re-invite everyone. That gives them the chance > to say > "no, I don't want to be part of these new group with a different > identity"." > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7950096&postcount= > 5 > > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Ronny Schedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > schedel.de>wrote: > > > > > It's more likely they use the group ID as primary key than the name. > > Anyways, I suppose the group name must be unique. > > > > > > > Fourthing this. I appreciate the technical aspects behind it, as > they > > > probably use the group name as some kind of database primary key, > but > > > it would be worth it to the community at large to use some kind of > > > dissociated UUID primary key. > > > > > > tl;dr: this would be an awesome feature. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
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