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My name is Cory. Despite sharing that name with 120k other people in the U.S., occurrences of misidentification due to having the same name as somebody else are
by coryfklein 9y ago
My name is Cory. Despite sharing that name with 120k other people in the U.S., occurrences of misidentification due to having the same name as somebody else are very rare and usually often resolved by merely using my last name instead.
If your apps' users report problems with identifying people, just allow users to add more specificity to their username. "People always get me confused with this other user 'chairdude', can I change my display name to 'armchairdude'?"
If thirteen 'saurik's want to have a fun time and create a confusing discussion thread together, so be it.
- keypress 9y agoMohammad Mohammad has over 2200 profiles on Linkedin.
- coryfklein 9y agoAnd unique usernames don't solve that problem either. If I know a guy named "Mohammad Mohammad" and I want to find him on LinkedIn, I already don't know his unique username should he have one. If I know him in person and ask for his LinkedIn, he can just send me a link to his profile. If Mohammad is advertising his LinkedIn presence, again, he can provide a link to his profile. Adding in unique usernames doesn't help much in this case.