A Modest Proposal

arriba

....with apologies to J Swift. While many of the user names are very clever, and all user names really do describe the user's personality or interest, some tend to get the townsfolk riled with their depravity or misguided sense of mission. Why not just truncate all user names on the leader board to four or five (six?) characters? I'll be first to be sad to see many user names go, but very happy to lose others.

terregma

Why?

Arborist

Nobody calls me “Arbo” and gets away with it.

arriba

@Arborist that's too funny.

mistinask

But you well could be an Arbor to those with hurt feelings ????

madamclerk

haters need love

jabba

What about just plain Arb? Sounds less like slang, much more sophisticated

fingsaint

Hi @arriba there’s a minor flaw in your suggestion, four letter words are often renown as profane expletives

arriba

Good point @fingsaint..... and fing(s) just wouldn't be the same.

fingsaint

@arriba fings is just fine

homedoggy

Don't call me homey