On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Michael Schlenker <schl...@uni-oldenburg.de> wrote: > > > How about a display option in the viewer that can 'highlight' the fact that > your display name is the same as your username > (different colour, font or an other UI hint). > That would prevent many of the imposter issues, as it would be pretty obvious. > > Maybe an opt-out to deny the use of current usernames as display names would > be appropriate, but a general ban to reuse a current username > as a display name sounds a bit excessive. >
I had written earlier about the reverse, make it an opt-in to allow the use of a username as a displayname by others. Consider another opt-in feature that gets at privacy: ability to map someone. I have to grant that to individuals. That's the way it should be. The default situation should be "I have taken a moment to think about the implications of others using my username, and I trust them, and I am fine with that, so I will make the decision to turn it on". I still have not heard a definitive answer as to what gets logged in IM and Chat. Forget the "display" for a moment. What do you want to have logged as "Michael Schlenker" that you did not write? -- Daniel Smith - Sonoma County, California http://daniel.org/resume _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
