(This is a followup to a tangent on another thread, I did want to address some user comments on this issue, but split it off here, thanks for the tip JJ 
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...as usual I am late to the thread/party... and just in time to not even know what the topic was about... ? :hmm:
Not to belabor the whole user names issue but I do wish to say it would be beneficial to all if users in general at least include their first name or first name and last initial, or just some recognizable nick (eg: "Mac"), somewhere in their posts (username or in custom title line as Albert/Karfrik suggested in the 'all in one user help sticky')
[Note: if you want to change your username to something more recognizable than what you signed up with, the admins can do that for you and apply it retroactively to all your existing posts as well, just "Contact Us" if you'd like to do this, or to add a name in your custom title line, go to UserCP then EditYourDetails>CustomUserTitle then click save]
As for me though, it's all good either way. I've been on Xweb ten years and even on the old forum half the time I had no idea who was who maybe just a benefit/curse of being an absentminded user myself, I just treat everyone as if I know them, and then if I didn't, I will eventually figure that out but by then, I know them so its all good to me either way...
You know, we've barely had this system alive for a year now, and for about 2/3rds of that, we were still using the old forum as primary anyway, so as long as it already feels like we've been here, for most of us, it's really only been but a few short months. People will catch on, users will adjust, folks will sort out whos who, make new friends and recognize old ones, it will all work out, just takes time guys
)...as usual I am late to the thread/party... and just in time to not even know what the topic was about... ? :hmm:
Not to belabor the whole user names issue but I do wish to say it would be beneficial to all if users in general at least include their first name or first name and last initial, or just some recognizable nick (eg: "Mac"), somewhere in their posts (username or in custom title line as Albert/Karfrik suggested in the 'all in one user help sticky')
[Note: if you want to change your username to something more recognizable than what you signed up with, the admins can do that for you and apply it retroactively to all your existing posts as well, just "Contact Us" if you'd like to do this, or to add a name in your custom title line, go to UserCP then EditYourDetails>CustomUserTitle then click save]
As for me though, it's all good either way. I've been on Xweb ten years and even on the old forum half the time I had no idea who was who
maybe just a benefit/curse of being an absentminded user myself, I just treat everyone as if I know them, and then if I didn't, I will eventually figure that out but by then, I know them so its all good to me either way...You know, we've barely had this system alive for a year now, and for about 2/3rds of that, we were still using the old forum as primary anyway, so as long as it already feels like we've been here, for most of us, it's really only been but a few short months. People will catch on, users will adjust, folks will sort out whos who, make new friends and recognize old ones, it will all work out, just takes time guys
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