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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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
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Scott Morgan
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I like c, but my main wish is to @ my co-worker "Jonny" so that it shows up as "Jonny," instead of "Smith, John Q." or whatever format my organization has set.
That use-case probably means I should only be able to @ a nickname they set for themselves (option a), and never @ the individual nickname for a contact I set (option b)
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Rachel Brown
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C! Would be so good, why is this still not a thing??
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Anonymous
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C
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Miro
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A
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Jeff
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c
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Wil
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Preferably C. But something is better than nothing.
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Olessia Zorina
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A
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Anonymous
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A
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Emma
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C
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Anonymous
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A
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Mangesh Wagle
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c. however in meetings, I think the original name with (person assigned self nickname a. ) should be present, and b. should be abstracted from others.
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Anonymous
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A
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Anonymous
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A