Timeline for Encouraging new users to provide a name or a nickname
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| Aug 16, 2013 at 16:27 | answer | added | The Masked Avenger | timeline score: -4 | |
| Aug 16, 2013 at 10:47 | answer | added | Tobias Kienzler | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 0:29 | answer | added | user9072 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 22:27 | comment | added | user9072 | @BillJohnson: the title asks "name or nickname" and body makes very clear (as cmnt of OP on Scott Morrison's answer) that while OP seems to think that real names are desirable this is not the subject of the question. Thus, for the context of this question I even do provide a name. And, if the goal is to get people to use a name in this sense the focus on real names might run counter this goal. I intended, already before your cmnt, to merge my cmnts into an answer addding this. But, to answer your question right away: I don't think it would have a positive effect towards the goal of OP. | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 21:11 | comment | added | Bill Johnson | How about encouraging old users, like quid, to provide a name? | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 18:14 | answer | added | Kim MorrisonMod | timeline score: 16 | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 17:07 | comment | added | user9072 | Thank you for the details. Now that I realized the change regarding 'unregeistered' I am pretty convinced there should be quite an increase of people that do not choose their username but have it chosen for them by the system. Regarding the solution: I also think, as you suggest, that for new users the most (only?) effective would be a change of the sign-up process. (There is still an encouragement in the documentation to use real names.) The sign-up thing got discussed on meta.SO too see eg meta.stackexchange.com/questions/186121 But, some also want no name-recognition (even anon). | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 15:44 | comment | added | Igor Khavkine | Just to be more specific, here's a solution that I have in mind. After the OpenID registration screen, there could be a screen with the option to enter a name/nickname and a note explaining why it is considered a good idea. | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 15:37 | comment | added | Igor Khavkine | I cannot say that I am quantitatively convinced of an increase in anonymous users, but that is an impression that I have. It's possible that the increase is simply proportional to the general increase of new users from officially joining the SE network. | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 15:06 | comment | added | user9072 | To answer my own parenthetical regarding 'unregistered' it seems to me this option does not exist anymore, which might contribute to a considerable increase as I think we had many question from unregistered users that I think had to choose some displayname (which often did not tell much in addition to not being unique at all), while now this seems not possible anymore and thus we have many that come via some OpenID provider and get "user" as default. I agree in principle regarding repeated interaction, my point is mainly that not few of them might not be here for repeated interaction. | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 14:27 | comment | added | user9072 | On the old MO there were many with display-name "unknown (google)" since there this was the default name for those logging in with Google OpenID, while here they get the type of name you mention. (I am not sure what is the situation for unregistered users, but it might be similar, and since you talk about repeated interaction it might not be too relevant for this discussion.) Regarding identifiability this is an improvement. Are you still convinced there is an increase when the "user"s are balanced against the "unknown"s? (This is meant as honest question. As I did not pay attention to it.) | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 13:53 | history | asked | Igor Khavkine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |