User names

[Hgrove]

Would it be possible for the system to reject user names containing certain letters and numbers which lend themselves to being hijacked e.g. numbers zero, one, letters o for Oscar, l for Lima, i for India...  I would have to become Hgrve or Hgrave I suppose.  This would make it harder for some users to pass themselves off as other users... Milly/MilIy.  Very clever.  Double L in the first one; lower case L followed by upper case i in the second one. 

[Louis XIV]

There's an easy way with the I's and L's - serif fonts.

[morg_monster]

ah but that makes web pages harder to read don't you think? especially if the font is reasonable compact as it is on AB.

[morg_monster]

Rather than banning letters maybe instead when a new person signs up and chooses a user name which includes hijackable letters or digits, AB could warn them of the potential for mischief and give them the option to register the other names so they can't be used by others?
Or maybe as per Louis' suggestion, maybe just the user names could appear in a serif font at the bottom of each posting.
At least 0 and O and o can technically be distinguished unlike l and I.

[AB Editor]

Dear Users

The technical team at the AnswerBank are aware of the situation with regards to this issue and take it incredibly seriously. We ask for your patience with regards to this matter and would like to let you know that the issues are being dealt with.

All that can be suggested in the interim is to ignore bad behaviour. True users of the AnswerBank adhere to the rules and those that are not genuine often get bored if they feel that they are not getting the reaction they want.

Thank you