NotMeNotYou said:
Got patched in late last week, and we added it because people have used our username history to dox and harass our users. There's also the problem of people signing up with their non-furry nicknames, then later realizing it might hurt their job prospects.
So we've been taking steps to alleviate those issues.

That's fair. I was initially kinda hesitant about this because of the potential for amuse--letting someone harass someone, then change names and harass them from a "new person" or something (basically, nothing that couldn't be circumvented with an alt account, but still) ... ... I think my 'ideal' would be to display the most recent username for a period of time--and if someone has work concerns, a double change could be done or something... buuuuut people will just lie, so whatever.

Thanks for doing the right thing to try and make things better for yoru users. :)