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The username is a relic. Here is how to fix it
- blueskin_ 13y agoUsernames are still better than the Orwellian Google "All your personal information are belong to us" real name policies.
- artificialidiot 13y agoThis guy can't tell the difference between a username and a displayed name. He's not qualified to give advice. Username is indeed just a string for machines which happens to be displayed occasionally.
- MrZongle2 13y ago"The solution—and the key to Facebook’s success—is surprisingly simple: Identity online should take a cue from the physical world. You are more than your name; your face, your birthday, your location, and the company you keep all help others figure out who you are." So, I guess the "solution" is an end to anonymity? The cure seems worse than the disease, in my opinion. I was amused to see this at the bottom: "Commenting has been disabled for this article". Either Wired decided they didn't want to deal with opposing viewpoints, or they couldn't get this wonderful proposed solution in place in time.
- sobes 13y ago> The cure seems worse than the disease, in my opinion. Totally agree with you on that. Given that the idea of usernames (originally called handles) predates the internet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_band_radio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_band_radio), I seriously doubt the practice is going away anytime soon.
- blueskin_ 13y agoExactly. This article is just another surveillance state propaganda piece.
- wgeorgecook 13y agoSo, Facebook has it figured out because it uses displayed names? If only I didn't have to log in using my email, which suffers the same problems of usernames.
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