# Usernames suddenly appeared

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 6, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-appeared/320400 "2024-08-06T15:52:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![putty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/putty/32/370902_2.png) [@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")

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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.

 ![CleanShot 2024-08-06 at 09.32.39](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/5/8/058b929e29a981a248b9e7702112ae2518f01e8c.png)

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