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.
Responses
★ Fred "Fish Nun" Sprinkle , ✨ kf ✨, Zach Garwood, and 2 others
Lowry Garuhtahz – They emailed me first. And I think I got to pick exactly what shows (first name only)
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.
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?