Volunteers LaFleur 3,050 Posted April 11, 2016 Volunteers Share Posted April 11, 2016 Hello, i was wondering why the xat id field on the profile field/postbit of the forum was removed. Noticed that a while ago, but thought i mention it now. It was a good thing, since i easily could add and find people by /f id and p.chat them. Link to post Share on other sites
Wiki Editors Lemona 1,331 Posted April 11, 2016 Wiki Editors Share Posted April 11, 2016 I agree that it was a useful feature to add people and figure out people's ID's. However, I did see multiple cases where people abused this feature and made their Identification number as 12 or 699 for example. I am assuming this is why it was removed, even though we know it was obviously false. Referring back to @Harrison's thread here , if this feature gets added back, there needs to be some sort of way to stop these people from impersonating/abusing it. Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteers Crow 2,541 Posted April 11, 2016 Volunteers Share Posted April 11, 2016 Maybe it led to subconscious bias. You might take an opinion more seriously if their ID is 1000, rather than 1511773659, for example. Although I suppose this happens anyway when you see a volunteer, moderator, etc. But I agree, they should bring it back! =) Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteers Sydno 1,701 Posted April 11, 2016 Volunteers Share Posted April 11, 2016 As Lemona said, many people were abusing of it. That was useful but you can still get the ID of someone if you have the regname. So it does not mattter a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Harrison 440 Posted April 12, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted April 12, 2016 What's to stop someone from setting their xat username to something they don't own? As far as I know there's no verification for that so why can we set our username but not ID? In fact, setting a fake username is more influential than a fake ID. If someone wanted to impersonate a volunteer for example, they would use the volunteer's xat username not their ID. That being said, @Sydno's point about finding the regname is true and I don't really mind it was taken off, just curious why that was removed and not usernames. Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Brandon 1,473 Posted April 12, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted April 12, 2016 It was removed because there's no reason to have an ID field if there's a username field. If you have the username, you can find the ID. There was also a lot of abuse. On the flip side, I have seen almost no one set an incorrect username. Another thing to note is that people often change their ID but keep their username. This is more future-proof (in case they forget to update their ID on the forum). Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteers LaFleur 3,050 Posted April 12, 2016 Author Volunteers Share Posted April 12, 2016 How can i find the id with the regname / how do i add people by their regname? If i am right there is no option for that, is there? Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Elie 710 Posted April 12, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted April 12, 2016 12 minutes ago, LaFleur said: How can i find the id with the regname / how do i add people by their regname? If i am right there is no option for that, is there? Go to xat.me/x?name=username and the ID will show up. Then, do the /fID thing. Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Brandon 1,473 Posted April 12, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted April 12, 2016 You could also use a bot. Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteers LaFleur 3,050 Posted April 12, 2016 Author Volunteers Share Posted April 12, 2016 Alright, thanks. I guess the id is not necssary then. Link to post Share on other sites
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