If you know me, you know I love to write, and you probably also know that I change my username a lot.
I hold onto all my past O+ assignments and will often copy them to send to people who want to read them, whether they just want to know what I wrote about or if they want to read them to try and improve their own writing.
However, I have quite a few past assignments and in general books which I am no longer able to copy as they are under an old username. The current book copying system means that you must be the same person who wrote it - and it does that by checking your username. If you've changed your username, you are no longer able to copy your own book. I worry so much about losing past assignments, so I don't hand them out if I only have one copy remaining - even if that person says they'll give it back.
Its not just assignments affected by this. I used to have an O+ guide which I wrote and gave to serpents, and people found it extremely helpful and loved to use it. I had plans to copy a whole bunch of them before I changed my username, but I forgot and I was no longer able to hand out my O+ guide. My only option was to re-write it, and that was quite a while ago and its so difficult to rewrite that I still haven't gotten around to doing it.
However, what I find most tragic of all, is that my 1 page O+ of which the only writing is "YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES" repeated (which I accidentally handed in instead of my assignment, and was given back graded with the same grade as my assignment when I handed that in) can no longer be copied for others to see.
I have two solutions that I am suggesting to this problem.
1) Some way that people are recognised by something other than their username?
The current system recognises that people are the same by checking the username, but if possible it could be able to recognise them for a different reason? I'm not sure how this would be possible however, but if it was in some way that would be ideal.
2) People are able to copy books that don't share a username with them
This would allow anyone to copy anyones books, which could be helpful as well as some people would like others to copy their book for them. It would help the production of things such as newspapers which multiple people work on and other things such as advertisements.
There are problems with this too, as sometimes books are collectibles? So, maybe there could be some way to stop certain books from being copied. This could also be impossible due to the way book copying works which I'm not aware of, this is just my own observations.
If there are any other solutions which I'm not aware of, it would be great to know of them.
I hold onto all my past O+ assignments and will often copy them to send to people who want to read them, whether they just want to know what I wrote about or if they want to read them to try and improve their own writing.
However, I have quite a few past assignments and in general books which I am no longer able to copy as they are under an old username. The current book copying system means that you must be the same person who wrote it - and it does that by checking your username. If you've changed your username, you are no longer able to copy your own book. I worry so much about losing past assignments, so I don't hand them out if I only have one copy remaining - even if that person says they'll give it back.
Its not just assignments affected by this. I used to have an O+ guide which I wrote and gave to serpents, and people found it extremely helpful and loved to use it. I had plans to copy a whole bunch of them before I changed my username, but I forgot and I was no longer able to hand out my O+ guide. My only option was to re-write it, and that was quite a while ago and its so difficult to rewrite that I still haven't gotten around to doing it.
However, what I find most tragic of all, is that my 1 page O+ of which the only writing is "YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES" repeated (which I accidentally handed in instead of my assignment, and was given back graded with the same grade as my assignment when I handed that in) can no longer be copied for others to see.
I have two solutions that I am suggesting to this problem.
1) Some way that people are recognised by something other than their username?
The current system recognises that people are the same by checking the username, but if possible it could be able to recognise them for a different reason? I'm not sure how this would be possible however, but if it was in some way that would be ideal.
2) People are able to copy books that don't share a username with them
This would allow anyone to copy anyones books, which could be helpful as well as some people would like others to copy their book for them. It would help the production of things such as newspapers which multiple people work on and other things such as advertisements.
There are problems with this too, as sometimes books are collectibles? So, maybe there could be some way to stop certain books from being copied. This could also be impossible due to the way book copying works which I'm not aware of, this is just my own observations.
If there are any other solutions which I'm not aware of, it would be great to know of them.
