Re: SocialWeb anti-pattern wiki? today's annoyance: name too long/short/weird to fit

While we're on the subject of stupid sign-up forms… A French friend of
mine's last name is “Gay”. Guess how many times he's been asked to
email a scan of his ID by a Social Networking platform?

It's not just stupid syntax rules, it's also stupid, culturally-biased
rules that need to be addressed.

That being said, the issue may not be that straightforward to fix.
Whether it's having a very short name or having an unusual one; how do
you efficiently let people sign up freely in their own name, without
letting the trolls roam free?


Cheers,
Tim