# Prioritizing full name vs username in the UX

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-full-name-vs-username-in-the-ux/45415>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [June 8, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-full-name-vs-username-in-the-ux/45415 "2016-06-08T05:14:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-full-name-vs-username-in-the-ux/45415/3 "2016-06-08T05:38:25Z")

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eh?

> [@Full name @mentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-mentions/23896):
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> It would look more elegent in posts if @leo (for example) was presented as (or at least the user had the option to present it as) “Leo” or “Leo McArdle”.

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