I guess I am sure. Username is unique, you have to request it. No two people will have the same user name. Sure people can fake it, but no two people will have the same one at the same time. And it is possible one person will use a name for a while then someone else will use that name. With all the email regarding this not sure I am following what will be done but I suggest we assign our current SL name to the username and after that let people request a new one if it isn't being used.
My name is available and can be changed any time, it is not unique. It is informational. My email is used to log into my twitter account and is not shared publicly which I think is a more secure way to do things because it is harder for people to figure out how I log into the account. In SL we tell everyone what your account name is. Sure people fake things, so thanks for the feedback but not sure what your point is. Seems SL could do a name verification process like Twitter. I think the main thing about twitter is I have never been confused between username and display name. This seems similar to the needs of SL, so was just sharing I thought it has worked well. M. -----Original Message----- From: Opensource Obscure [mailto:o...@autistici.org] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 4:23 AM To: mysticaldem...@xrgrid.com Cc: Daniel Smith; Baloo Uriza; opensource-dev@lists.secondlife.com Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] display names = the end of 1.x viewers? On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:08:07 -0400, <mysticaldem...@xrgrid.com> wrote: > Seems like twitter has a pretty good solution. Display names are unique. > And your login account isn't public so you have better security. Are you sure? As far as I know, things are quite different: - login account (that Twitter calls "Username") is public - in my case, Username = "oobscure" - full name (properly "Name") in my case is "Opensource Obscure" - in your case, Name = Username = "MysticalDemina" - other people publicly use my Username to "mention" me ("@oobscure") - Twitter website and 3rd party apps show these names in various ways - you can change both Username and Name in any moment - by changing your Username, your Twitter URL changes too Twitter fake personalities indeed exist and that's why Twitter also implemented the "Verified name" thing, that implies an identity verification process. Opensource Obscure _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
