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Originally posted by Chris4
I personally don't mind sharing my full name with my Messenger contacts, but that's just me.
For most of my contacts, I don't mind either. Though, I still which there was a way so I can talk to other people I'd like to talk to without comprimising my 'privacy' and without the need of another account (with fake real name) and all the hassle it brings with it.
I guess it highly depends on how you use Messenger and for what you use it. If you're only using Messenger to chat with family for example, yeah, then it probably doesn't matter that they can see your real name. But everybody uses Messenger in a different way.
For example, Messenger is also a nice platform to give support. Aka you also talk to strangers (and you keep your profile data private/closed or only accessable to a select list of known contacts). This isn't possible anymore without compromising your real name, etc. In fact, because of the way they implemented the change at the start, all those strangers now know your real name because there was no warning of the change and you hadn't the chance to remove or change your real name.
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Originally posted by Chris4
But even if there is a strong argument to keep nicknames, do you really think they'll change it back? I highly doubt they will, hence the "get used to it" approach.
I doubt it too, but one can only hope....
I understand your "
get used to it" approach, though I refuse to give in with such a catch phrase just like that and will probably always recommend to complain to MS about it.
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