[opensource-dev] What was the point of display names?

Bunny Halberd bunny at bunnynet.org
Sun Nov 7 13:39:21 PST 2010


On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:12 PM, SuezanneC Baskerville
<suezanne at gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the point of display names?

Rough guess - the ability to change your user name has been a
requested feature for a long time. (ie, when you get partnered to
someone, being able to take your partner's name, etc)


> How do display names benefit Linden Lab?

Again, a guess, but, now the username is just one word instead of two.
This opens the door to things like Twitter and Facebook integration.

- Bunny


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