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I'm not overly fond of nicknames; I don't choose a longer name with the expectation that s/he will be referred to by a nickname for even just part of the time. I might make an exception for Elizabeth (because I really like Bess, Betsy, and Eliza), but if I wanted to refer to Veronica as Vera, I'd name her Vera. ;-) I think I'm just the kind of person who needs one option only, otherwise I won't be able to make up my mind. (Exception: my cats have always been Leonardo and Gabriella, but I usually just call them Leo and Gabby. But I've had them long enough that my thoughts on the matter were probably different when I was eight.)

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I don't consider Zippy for Zipporah in the same league, personally, as that's more of an affectionate nickname only to be used in certain situations. I like Zelda Lenore, nicknamed Poe, but Poe isn't something her friends would, presumably, call her. It's just a nickname that a parent would occasionally call their kid. It's like Stinkerbelle, which was my mom's nickname for me when I was little. :D

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I am sometimes called Caity/Caitie/I don't even know how it's spelled because it's only used in conversation, heh. But that's really just one person who calls me that, so I'm fine with it. I go by my last name and other nicknames like Stinkerbelle, too, but for the most part I'm just Caitlin.

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I don't avoid longer names if I fear they'll get nicknamed something stupid. The possibility of Edward getting called Ed doesn't bother me. But I'm not naming kids here, let's remember that. :B

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I like some nicknames as full names; I have yet to find a long name for Alfie that I like, so Alfie is awesome on its own. Something like Janie would bother me, though.