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@r-a-y I agree with @agrundner about the name showing on the profile page. But I think this is the only place it should be seen.

@r-a-y The name still shows up when users leave a comments on a blog… also I understand what your are saying about the “name” field, but i still believe that it should be up to each webmaster to decided if that field should be used or not in the “Profile Field Setup”. If you manually create […]

@rossagrant Yes i just saw that… also the full name still shows when users leave a comment in a blog. I think we need to come up with something else before i upload this code as a plugin… I’m considering modifying the registration page to “hide” the name field all together, but since it’s required, i […]

Thanks for the great help @r-a-y and @rossagrant

I’ve just turn this code into a small plugin for people who don’t want to mess around in the code. I’m going to see if I can upload it to the extend section. I think i’m going to call it “BP Username Fix”

@rossagrant Yes i’m the same… this username Vs name thing is really annoying. I posted the same message a few days ago, hopefully someone will give us an answer. Also, I think that when you reply to someone, it should automatically fill in the @username of the person. (like i did at the beginning of this reply […]