# Random users usernames not showing on posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-users-usernames-not-showing-on-posts/269594
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 26, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-users-usernames-not-showing-on-posts/269594 "2023-06-26T03:17:52Z")
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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-users-usernames-not-showing-on-posts/269594/2 "2023-06-26T03:28:09Z")

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You’ll forgive me I hope for being unsure here, I’m not actually “working” at the moment 🤣

Do all of the usernames that are _not_ showing up match the `firstname_lastname` pattern?

IIRC Discourse suppresses display of usernames in the specific case where the Full Name “matches” the Username.

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