nicknames
allow the users
a) to set a own nickname, which could be displayed when people hover over my icon
OR
b) allow me to set individual nicknames (=additional data, remarks) for a contact and show that when I hover of them
OR
c) both (a+b)
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Sybil Reilly
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This has been my hesitation from switching out of current interface. Ive been signed up for Teams for some time, but cannot take my team over until im not giving away too many personal details from one individual to the next. I would 100% be on point with allowing the leaders to assign "nicknames".
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Richard
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Definitely want (a)
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Anonymous
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C, please. I often message the wrong person by accident when people have the same first name. Nicknames would allow me to differentiate "Manager John" and "Coworker John".
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Anonymous
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c
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Ray Bai
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c
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katrina
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c
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Waldemar Reusch
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c
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Chris Alvarez
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Need b or c. Not want or like to have. I legitimately need to know which Chris I am talking to and right now Teams makes that WAY too difficult. This really slows me down if I need to discuss something sensitive and absolutely need to double check that I am talking to the right person.
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James Rumohr
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C - please. We work in an international organization with many folks having English nicknames by which I know them by. I often forget their legal name and have difficulty finding people I've communicated within the past.
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Jakub Fitřík
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c
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Theriot Steel
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C
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Teerayut
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C
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Anonymous
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A
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Patrick
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C
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Sam Warter
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Allowing to set nicknames or handles would solve for folks who don't go by/like their legal name, and also break down the business barriers. When I'm talking to someone in real life, I never use their full legal name. Seeing it in chat makes the conversation so formal. Our teams are like our second family and certainly friends, so let's allow folks to be more friendly and use informal names.
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Melina D
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C!
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Cooper Levine
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c - This would help with people whose legal names aren't the same as other names if they don't identify with their legal name.
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Anonymous
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c - I work with people with the same first name and similar last names. Also, some people do not even go by their legal first name.
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Joseph Hall
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c
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Sahibnoo Sigh
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C