I choose a Username (incorporating my name) for logon purposes under the assumption that others would only see the Nickname.
WRONG!! I see group memberships (and forum posts) display the Username !
I have nothing to hide, but I do strongly object to the lack of upfront clarity on this most important subject of online privacy !
I am confused about this as well. It seems to show my login name and ignore my nickname.
Your Nickname is simply what is seen when someone clicks your mood. Your username is associated with everything else, from groups, to scoreboard to the forums.
Now that you know this, you should also know that you can change your username as well. On your dashboard just change it to what you want and click the update tab.
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That option is temporally disabled on the Dashboard, but you can contact support and they can make the change for you. See this post for details: https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=22812
Which is on a par with virtually every other service on the internet.
That doesn’t absolve any service from being clear about when a Username versus a nickname will be seen!
And that is especially so if Username changes cannot be made (without intervention of support) !
What are some of the “virtually every other service on the internet” that similarly have a Nickname in use but also show a Username in some places (that can’t be changed)?
You missed the keyword “temporarily”. These infrastructure upgrades are very important and have already started to show their value. If this TEMPORARY restriction is needed to protect the system during these changes, I have no complaints.
I think we should just eliminate the whole nickname thing and just use user names like most websites/apps do.
I can’t think of any site that does use a nickname so it wouldn’t be my default assumption that it would be used in place of a username.
Yeah. I always assumed they were the same until I changed my nickname in the client and noticed it didn’t change in the leader boards.
Option #1 Send request to Support
Option #2 Wait until the temporary restriction is removed and then change your username.
Option #3 Kill your current account and start over.
Option # 4 based on your posts from this username to the forum I don’t even see a distinguishable name or other form of personal information that is obvious, like
DavidLewisAndMyPhoneNumberIs8675309
That wouldn’t be a good name to use.
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Reply to dmcconachie:
If you now say-“I can’t think of any site that does use a nickname so it wouldn’t be my default assumption that it would be used in place of a username” - why the previous smart aleck remark about “being on par with virtually every other service on the internet” ?
And many services require use of an email as login, but then allow use of a “screen name”, “handle” or “nickname” for participation.
And no, I didn’t miss the word “temporarily” (supposedly, for suspension of Username changes), but currently that is of no use to subscribers.
And yes, I did request support to change my Username, but so far have no response.
The support staff is in Israel… Their weekend is Friday & Saturday (in the US)…
This (!) is the answer I got from support:
Regretfully, we do not allow changing of usernames at this time, nor do we allow migration of data between accounts.
Forum posts will always display the username, as does groups.
The nickname is used when showing your info on the map to other users (when you drive or send a “ping” - to protect your privacy).
Best regards,
Yonatan
See option 3 from my post above.
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