Changes to your username, the spelling or the color, I believe should remain in the hands of staff. Changing your color isn't available to a regular members anyway because of what I need to do to the software to make it happen. It's not a simple checkbox that I can give permission for.
Shouldn't the option of changing ones username more than 2 times should consist of having a premium membership? It seems like a VIP, since you essentially have to take time to provide the service without financial compensation or an actual title.
Changing it even one time requires someone to take the time to provide the service. Same with the color changes. Renegader and I decided from the beginning that the name and color changes would be for everyone.
Anyway, if I don't change the name, someone will just go and make a new account. While that might be good for inflating numbers of members, it does nothing but clutter the database and isn't providing any new eyes to view ads which are the actual source of our revenue.
Now, can we keep this about the shoutbox? I don't mind addressing everyone's questions about other stuff, but I'm starting to get miffed that this thread isn't going to be easier to refer back to when I make the final determinations about the shoutbox.