Is there a way to allow a user to choose what gets displayed when they post in the forum? We would like our users to be able to choose between using either the Username or Name field. We’ve had some questions around privacy since it defaults to their username. Thanks!

Users do not specifically determine what is shown, this will be determined by your site settings in different places. User cards & profiles [image] The three elements to juggle are: Full name This is the ‘real name’ and you can make it required or not. If you are worried about privacy, then y…

Hi Robert, If I want to remove the username from showing up and only display the Name field would I deselect “prioritize username in the UX”? Thanks Sean

I need to go and check whether this is possible. Discourse uses usernames as a default for many things, including traffic referral, mentions, and so on, so hiding this entirely does not seem entirely possible, or sensible. Can I ask what you mean by this statement, as I’ve been confused [imagen…

Usernames are only more private if the user picked a private username in the first place. There’s no ability to correct that if the user decides they prefer a username that doesn’t reveal something private about them / which doesn’t identify them publicly (not really a supported feature to change us…

[imagen] Robert McIntosh: One thing to bear in mind, is that when the username and the real name are the ‘same’ (ignoring spaces), the second element will be hidden to avoid duplication, I would question that design choice, please make it a site setting. (see my comments in Feature request: m…

Nombre de usuario vs Nombre

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jmsachs (Jason Sachs) 19 Septiembre, 2022 21:16 7

Cuestionaría esa elección de diseño, por favor, conviértala en una configuración del sitio. (ver mis comentarios en Feature request: make the "deduplication" of name vs. user name a site setting)

Tema		Respuestas	Vistas
Feature request: make the "deduplication" of name vs. user name a site setting Feature	2	682	20 Septiembre 2022
Hiding usernames from UX Support	8	1468	2 Agosto 2022
Discourse does not show the Real Name on a topic page then it (wrongly) assumes it is the same as the Username Feature	3	4129	29 Mayo 2015
Display real names just for Moderators? Feature	9	1162	16 Noviembre 2018
Showing Real Name instead of Username Support	6	2832	7 Febrero 2021

Nombre de usuario vs Nombre

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