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Could you just have a single field for name and allow anything in that field? The only downside is you can't do something like "Hi ${FIRST_NAME}" in your emails
by joegibbs 3y ago
Could you just have a single field for name and allow anything in that field? The only downside is you can't do something like "Hi ${FIRST_NAME}" in your emails, but the upside is that it basically handles any name or name order, e.g. Indonesian single names, Spanish names with the mother's surname included, etc.
- kaeresten_dit 3y agoThat's probably a good way to deal with interface issue, but do you really need their family names? It is a perhaps a good time to look at which data is needed vs what data collection from users is normalized
- hairofadog 3y agoRe: hi {first name}, I’ve had pretty good luck with a name field and then a “nickname” field that explicitly asks, “how would you like us to greet you?”
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- masklinn 3y ago> The only downside is you can't do something like "Hi ${FIRST_NAME}" in your emails Which might be an upside, because there are cultures and contexts where it’s incredibly rude. You’re a glorified ledger, not a family member or life-long friend.
- nicbou 3y agoAnd in others the formality feels off and a tell-tale sign that the sender is not from here. I get a lot of mail from foreign readers. Indians and Pakistanis are pretty formal, and most Africans even more so. On the other hand, some people from those same countries will write stream of consciousness emails that look like a text message to their dad. The Western countries are a lot less formal, but and frequently drop the polite form which I was raised to use with all strangers.