User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Technical Update: November 8, 2011/@comment-1788742-20111108194309/@comment-1656630-20111108195038

Hi Varkanax, it looks like we commented at exactly the same time. See my note below Eladske's comment for more of the rationale.

It does make for a bumpy experience that we introduced the field in a certain way and are now expanding the way we handle it -- that's a very fair point. It may mean that people will feel the need to change their name to fit the new system. We're learning about our new features as we go, and so some things are happening in phases.