I can see where nick name would be a really good idea in terms of that being what is exposed to other users. One question though, is the nickname different than the user id? I suppose it could be the same or it could be different. What are the pros and cons of having them separate.
As far as First Name, and Last Name go, these items may or may not be exposed to other users. Clearly what we expose would have privacy concerns, and some of the features I mention below would have to take those in to account. But without getting into privacy controls at this point, here are some reasons to have first and last name: - We may want to allow searching for people to add to a wave if you know their name. - Organization might want to like accounts to specific people for traceability or auditing. - When sending email notifications, we may want to address the user by name (password reset emails, wave notifications, etc). Michael On Dec 12, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Nathanael Abbotts wrote: > Those sound great, but I don't think we need "First Name". "Nickname" would > be much better, and more useful. > -- > Nathanael Abbotts > > > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 22:05, Michael MacFadden < > michael.macfad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> All, >> >> I am thinking of adding some functionality around user profiles. There are >> two main thrusts in the functionality. The first is implementing some user >> account / profile API with some sort of pluggable architecture such that the >> account profiles could be hooked up to an organizations exiting user store. >> The second would be implementing a basic self contained instance for out of >> the box functionality. >> >> The question I have for every one is what information should be in the user >> profile. Right now all we have in the Profile API is: >> >> - Address / User Id >> - First Name >> - Full Name >> - Avatar Image URL >> >> >> I was thinking that to start off we would have: >> >> - User Id >> - First Name >> - Last Name >> - External Avatar Image (link to an external image) or >> - Internal Avatar Image (image uploaded by the user) >> - Email Address (assuming we still want email integration) >> >> Along the way, I would be adding a "My Account" or "My Profile" page. Just >> looking for some design input. Thanks. >> >> ~Michael
