If everyone in the group was alerted to the name change, would this be okay?
e.g. I rename group > everyone gets alerted > everyone either approves or
denies continuing membership > group gets renamed
{people who take too long to reply get dropped from the group?}
Just a thought, Phil ^^
2008/11/15 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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.
> > > >
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