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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by TrianguloY on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:13AM (#27084711)
If you talk with a number that is not in your agenda, WhatsApp will display the number. If you talk with a number that is on your agenda, WhatsApp will display the agenda name. WhatsApp never displays the nickname (on the list) no matter if you accept everything or not.

They could display the nickname, that could be a nice addition, but anyway removing the contacts permissions is the same as having an empty agenda. WhatsApp isn't degrading or punishing you.

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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by clusterfish on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:50AM (#27084904)
So what, who cares how this works technically. They made it work that way, hiding usernames on purpose to push users to give their app contacts permissions that aren't needed to display usernames.
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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by cdirkx on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:47AM (#27084894)
It does? At least in group chats I have hundreds of people not in my contact list but they display as "0123456789 ~Steven".
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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by TrianguloY on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:24AM (#27086917)
That's why I said 'on the list' referring to the main screen (where you can see the list of all active chats). As far as I know the nickname is shown on messages on a group, next to the number, and on the info screen (of both a private and a group chat).
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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by tsimionescu on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:18AM (#27086076)
Isn't that pulled from the agenda of other people in the group?
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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by pta2002 on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:27AM (#27086119)
That's the name you set for yourself
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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by YeBanKo on Saturday May 08, 2021 @05:39PM (#27090977)
signal shows usernames even when you don’t give access contacts.
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Re:WhatsApp will progressively kill features until users acc... by zuppy on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:48AM (#27084899)
that is not totally true, at least not in group chats. i can see names or part of names of people that i don‘t have on my contact list.
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