Frances noted:

> There is a user name and a display name.
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> You can change your own Identity.
> You can change display names - yours and members.
> However you may not want to do it unless you can actually see the person's name in their email address.

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>For other members, you can change it in Admin, Members.

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A note about Display names -

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Display names can be unique to the group the user belongs to. They do not carry across with the user?to other groups. If you add or change a display name for a user in one group, it won't add or change it for other groups.

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On two of my groups we require real names. We've found that people may often know each other or ancestors of a member, if they can see the name, and that encourages conversation. On Y! I was constantly moderating members for leaving them out. On groups.io I just change their display names for the group and don't have to worry about the problem. Yes, users can change it themselves, but most don't because they don't see it anywhere else. And unless I notice a post that doesn't conform, I don't worry about it.

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Dano

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