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Comment by prmph

3 months ago

Oh, I am aware of the problems with this scheme for names. I just used it as a simple example. I wouldn't design my users table this way.

If I can, I even avoid storing actual names of users at all. If I have to, I use a simple free form "display_name" column; what is put there is up to the user.

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