On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 08:50 PM, Ken Kloeber wrote:
I¡¯m confused. I did not set up a username ( transferred from Y! ) my subcr (aol e-dress) profile shows username ¡°not set up¡±. However, my Y! Username displays on the website posts.
I started another subscription under another (iCloud) address to be able to test some non-moderator options (forum and wiki). I don¡¯t recall an opportunity to set up a username. I entered a display name ¡°for testing¡±.
I have since removed it, but posts still come thru with that display name. Why?
What does IOG display (default to?) if no display name is entered?
What username does the display default to?
Where can I set the username that IOG says is ¡°not set up?
Color me dazed and confused. Thx Ken
Your email address is your user ID.
The username in your account settings is not currently used for anything.?There is a rumor that it might be resurrected someday in order to permit the tagging of posts (like Facebook), but it's only a rumor.
Display Name is group-specific, and amounts to an index into the member Profiles. My guess is that your Display Name for the group is being [re]populated based on the "from" address provided by your email client. See the following thread for further discussion of Display Name:??
/g/GroupManagersForum/topic/23672436#10374?
If Display Name is unpopulated, GIO defaults to an obfuscation of your email address...meaning that all the domain information is left off.
Hope this helps,
Bruce?
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