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Claudio González
Claudio González
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March 24, 2010
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I think this has not been reported before

  • March 24, 2010
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In another thread, I replied to a message from Bill Hunt, quoting him. This is the top part of my reply:

The first line correctly says that I am responding to Bill Hunt, but two lines down he is identified as the_wine_snob. Curiously, the message to which I was responding also identifies Bill correctly:

A quick search in other threads shows that the same anomaly seems to be affecting some other participants.

My apologies if this has already been reported.

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    adobe-admin
    adobe-admin
    Legend
    March 24, 2010

    I believe that is because Bill has set his account preferences to use his real name under his avatar. The reply to line refers to his Screen Name. They are both pointing to the same person/account. If Bill turned off the ability to see his real name it should show "the_wine_snob" in both places.

    What should never happen is having someone's real name show if they have selected to hide that.

    Claudio González
    Claudio GonzálezAuthor
    Legend
    March 24, 2010

    Thanks for responding so quickly. Your explanation is most probably correct, but leaves me with a doubt. I don't unsderstand why anyone would like to use a screen name different to his/her real name if they want their real names to be under their avatars and in the "in response to" line.

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