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This is insane. I used okc years ago and met my partner on it but also had some rather unpleasant experiences with people who I would very much rather not know my (very uncommon and easy to google) name.

A lot of people on okc are also in non-conventional relationships that they would I imagine like to be able to choose to show or not show to the rest of the world. Hide usernames fine, but forcibly make everyone use real names? That’s idiotic.

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I you had actually read through the article, you'd know that they're not going to make people use their full real names.

Doesn’t matter. I have an unusual name. If you google my first name and my city, you will find my full name (and my workplace, etc). If you google my full name, you will find my entire family’s names and addresses. Someone who views my profile on okcupid would literally be able to show up at my work or home and I would be none the wiser. This is a terrible move, and I’m going to be forced to delete my account.

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