Usernames & Real Names

[Scott MacVicar]

I call you chen cause its less characters to type than firefly

i prefered to be called Scott and alot of people do now but some call me PPN or the dumb ones call me PNN :O

[Brad]

Originally posted by FireFly
I often feel like a weirdo too, when calling people by their real name. It feels weird because everyone else use nicknames.

heh the only place im used to it at is my forums, im called everything from my current nick, to nicks i used 4 years ago, to my name, same with alot of the other members, we have been posting togther to long

[scsa20]

I like to be called Michael (since that's my name) and I don't really like it when people calls me Mike (because of many reasons )...I sometimes don't like be called Simon (my last name) but I guess I have to get used to that since I'm starting to use it in some places as Simonsoft

[Mark Hensler]

On almost all boards, my username is my real name (Mark Hensler). But there are a few out there that still have my alias (Max Albert).

[Xenon]

Originally posted by PPN
I call you chen cause its less characters to type than firefly

just fly is shorter

but its a problem to remeber realnames, if you cannot read them in everey thread like the nicks

[Eniyi]

On my forum, I added a required custom field called "Real Name." Becuase the forum is a school forum, everybody know each other and most of the members just enter their first names.
At first, I made it viewable only by mods and admins. Then I realized that people is less confortable when they don't know who they are talking with, so I edited postbit to display the real names under each post.
I think that in most of the forums where people only meet online, real names are not neccessary and you can lie about your real name. However, like a school or a community forum, in which people also see each other in flesh, real names make things easier.

[vinnaboy]

Originally Posted by Eniyi

On my forum, I added a required custom field called "Real Name." Becuase the forum is a school forum, everybody know each other and most of the members just enter their first names.
At first, I made it viewable only by mods and admins. Then I realized that people is less confortable when they don't know who they are talking with, so I edited postbit to display the real names under each post.
I think that in most of the forums where people only meet online, real names are not neccessary and you can lie about your real name. However, like a school or a community forum, in which people also see each other in flesh, real names make things easier.

Hi, I just got vB installed and I would like to know how to add first/real names to the postbit. Thanks!

peter