I was mid-conversation with someone yesterday when I noticed their profile name changed to a first name.

This is a dangerous thing to spring on your users without warning them first, @okcupid.

https://twitter.com/roseveleth/status/944239073752907776

Responses

Fred "Fish Nun" Sprinkle , ✨ kf ✨, Zach Garwood, and 2 others
Rose Eveleth ▷▷ Rose Eveleth ▷▷
God if my real name suddenly started showing up with no warning I would FREAK OUT and deactivate my account immediately. I guess nobody at OKCupid has ever had a stalker?

Lowry Garuhtahz Lowry Garuhtahz
They emailed me first. And I think I got to pick exactly what shows (first name only)

gRegor Morrill gRegor Morrill
It’s still dangerous and enables stalking. It should only be an option.


They will likely crack down on “fake” names, too. I saw someone report they were suspended briefly for setting their username as their first name.