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Re:An off-grid social network by AljoschaMeyer on Thursday April 06, 2017 @11:03AM (#14051139)
Currently, a user can simply post an `about` message in the stream. Clients will then automatically use this name instead of the key.
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Re:An off-grid social network by zeveb on Thursday April 06, 2017 @05:31PM (#14054821)
What happens if two users post an about message with the same name?
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Re:An off-grid social network by ahdinosaur on Thursday April 06, 2017 @06:50PM (#14055441)
what happens "in real life" when two people go by the same name?

Scuttlebutt works the same way: anyone can name themselves anything and anyone can name other people anything, it's up to the client how to interpret those messages. more on how SSB embraces subjectivity: https://youtu.be/P5K18XssVBg.

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