Timeline for Usernames vs. Real Names
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| Jan 3, 2014 at 10:40 | comment | added | Racheet | Also, you wouldn't then be able to tell the 15 different johns in a conversation apart. Allowing usernames is a much cleaner solution to the problem. | |
| Jan 3, 2014 at 10:38 | comment | added | Racheet | It doesn't work if you have a globally unique first name. Which isn't that uncommon in many cultures. | |
| Jan 2, 2014 at 17:27 | comment | added | Carl Edwards | I wonder if a solution to the type of experience you described would be to give users the option to display only their first names? Food for thought. | |
| Jan 2, 2014 at 16:06 | history | answered | Alnitak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |