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[RFC] Ensure display name uniqueness across the entire platform #9

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jsonnull opened this issue May 14, 2017 · 2 comments
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[RFC] Ensure display name uniqueness across the entire platform #9

jsonnull opened this issue May 14, 2017 · 2 comments

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@jsonnull
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I see three major ways forward:

  1. Allow duplicate display name text and use a tag to differentiate between duplicates in the client. Discord does this. Looks like Jason#1234.

  2. Do not allow duplicate display name text and make display names first-come-first-serve. Using this strategy, we can still allow users to have a custom display name per game they are a member of. A complication with this strategy is that we would also have to consider allowing users to have a custom photo to accompany each username, which I do not think would scale well.

  3. Just allow duplicate display names.

I'm looking forward to comments and further ideas.

@krisaoe
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krisaoe commented May 14, 2017

For scalability, I think the first suggestion is best.
Works well on Discord, avoids potential issues arising from confusion etc.

@jsonnull
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I agree that will scale well. I also like that it allows duplicate display names without issue, meaning nobody doesn't get the name they want because it's held by another account.

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