that works for me, thanks! 

Jaimee – can you give us more details on the use case for mixed cohorts that 
you had in mind?

On Nov 22, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Dan Andreescu <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> So, for now, until I figure out how to fix this, it will always prefer 
> user_names before user_ids.
> 
> I think this is an argument for making users specifying whether it's names or 
> ids up front, and not allowing mixtures. Assuming it might be a mixture and 
> looking for names first is almost certain to produce inaccurate results at 
> some point. We have ids precisely to avoid collisions with names, allowing 
> for renaming users, and other cases. 
> 
> Yep, I just learned this the hard way and made a fool of myself in front of a 
> bunch of people I admire.  So, I'd be glad if I'm the only one that this 
> happens to.  If nobody objects, I'm going to allow the user to select whether 
> their cohort contains user_ids OR user_names, and strictly prohibit mixtures.
> 
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