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		eru on Sept 17, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rate my startup: Make stupid simple websites for ... How about using the email address instead (and offer a username as a display alias only, if people don't want to have their email address displayed).

jtheory on Sept 19, 2010 [–]

Meh -- who would want their email address displayed? That's not a safe default. You'd just be punishing the users who don't manage to find the setting.

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