# Usernames suddenly appeared
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 6, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400 "2024-08-06T15:52:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/1 "2024-08-06T15:52:46Z")
For some reason, usernames have started appearing next to the user’s real names. This was not the case previously. Was this a platform update? I don’t _think_ anyone on our team was tinkering with this aspect.
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/2 "2024-08-06T15:55:55Z")
> [@putty](#):
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> don’t _think_ anyone on our team was tinkering with this aspect
You can check the staff logs
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/3 "2024-08-06T16:32:57Z")
Unfortunately, I don’t see any staff changes that would impact this.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/4 "2024-08-06T16:36:18Z")
Could you check `display name on posts`?
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/5 "2024-08-06T16:40:35Z")
That is and has been selected. I’m sure we can easily hide this in CSS but I’m checking if this is something greater that was changed.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/6 "2024-08-06T16:41:27Z")
Yes, sorry. I think I got turned round on username v name. Hmm. 🤔 I’ll have a think.
The name and username are very similar, and normally only one would display if both were the same.
Checking on here by adding ‘JammyDodger’ to my name field, it still seems to recognise they’re the same and only show one.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/7 "2024-08-06T17:05:41Z")
Try Jammy\_Dodger instead?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/9 "2024-08-06T18:51:46Z")
Did you try [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true)?
Maybe you use something like [Remove Name Suppression on Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-name-suppression-on-posts/86265)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/10 "2024-08-28T12:30:46Z")
Just to circle back on this, I think it was a custom piece of code that had stopped working. Was that right in the end @putty?
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/11 "2024-08-28T12:49:10Z")
I think so. I ended up having someone on our side hide that element via CSS.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400/12 "2024-09-27T12:49:52Z")
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