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Permalink Reply by jampony on May 11, 2008 at 4:51am

There is a way to change your friends' names; I had the link saved before NF removed the page but I can't find the bookmark now. There's a post about it somewhere on the community blog if you feel like searching for it (I posted under "acp" on the blog). Good luck! :)

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Permalink Reply by ~*~ Erin ~*~ on May 11, 2008 at 5:05am

Thanks, I'll try to find it through searching.

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Permalink Reply by ~*~ Erin ~*~ on May 11, 2008 at 5:19am

Well unfortunately I searched and cannot find it. If anyone knows offhand where it is, I'd appreciate it, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by jampony on May 11, 2008 at 5:30am

D'oh! I went by ang on the blog, not acp. Sorry 'bout that.

Here's the link.

Also, here's the reasoning behind removing it: "And the reason it's not there is that it's going to be decommissioned (as y'all put it), so why get folks addicted to it? You're going to need to get weaned from this feature sooner or later, and while I have no problem with you guys helping each other out, trying to recover this for the short-term, the fact is, i'd rather people try to find a better way -- maybe convince friends to use the nickname feature more and then connect as friends using the html link so the nickname shows... or... i dunno. It's just a bit of baggage in the development here to have your real name, your nickname, and then a name you give to people that they didn't give to themselves, particularly when (a) almost no one uses it, and (b) i am hard pressed to find too many examples of other sites that do it. I'm sure they're out there, but reason A is sufficient for me."

So I guess the point is don't get comfy -- it might disappear at any moment. :)

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Permalink Reply by ~*~ Erin ~*~ on May 11, 2008 at 8:52am

Oh awesome, thanks so much. Hopefully they leave that part up (although doubtful from the way it sounds) You're a lifesaver ;)

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Permalink Reply by Phatz on May 16, 2008 at 9:41pm

Cool. jampony has it there too now. =)

I think it'll be more and more essentail as more people get into friends and notes. I save all my friends like this Matt_Phatz Grace Arianna

That way on the note it shows their first name I can pesonalize a reply and the screen name so I remeber what reviews were theirs. Also if I foget the wife and kids name I can check it on the Friends page were it shows the full name past the spaces. It is key to buliding relationships with people IMO.

NF - keep at least a version of this. AND make it more accessable. If you show people how to use it they will and THEY'LL LOVE it! The queue change had a instruction video. Advertise this and I'm certain it'll get use and be a great distguishing feature of the Netflix site.

=)

Cheers!
Matt

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Permalink Reply by NetflixJunkie on May 11, 2008 at 9:52am

Thanks, Jampony.

I just used this myself as well.

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Permalink Reply by Phatz on May 16, 2008 at 9:05pm

I am going to do everything I can to discourage them from eliminating the feature even if it is altered the ONLY way two keep straight EVERYBODY'S name real and screen and list them by what I know them as it to be able to set the name my-self. I believe everyone will find it useful and as Friends grow In-fact necessary. At one point I had three Jeffery's and three Steve's. It is IMPOSSIBLE, w/o the edit. Yes I heard the argument on th blog MONTHS ago when I was looking for where it went. The "we need to be weened from it" bit is week on NF part IMO. They need to find a better way to make it work. Thats all. =) but that is just me. anyway here is the link:
http://www.netflix.com/ListFriends?myprofile=128911990&myprofil...

I will continue to strongly urge NF to re-think this decision and find a new way to set custom names. a universal name is NOT going to work when people are known differently by different friends. Sorry for the soap box. I couldn't possibly manage with out this http://www.netflix.com/ListFriends?myprofile=128911990&myprofil...
Hope it helps!

Cheers!
Matt

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Permalink Reply by Phatz on May 16, 2008 at 9:10pm

Oh and obviously no-one is using it. They can't find it. If you let people use it, who wouldn't??!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by ~*~ Erin ~*~ on May 21, 2008 at 12:12pm

Yep now that I know where it is, I use it. Dont see the harm in leaving it up for people like us.

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