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-layout: post
-title:  "Enough for first name/last name BS"
-date:   2021-02-08 17:14:08 +0700
-tags:   name culture inclusion awareness
-lang: en
-ref: first-name-last-name
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-
-I keep seeing registration where I have to input my "First name" and my "Last name".
-What's the point? Isn't the user's full name just enough, if it's even needed?
-
-# Why you should avoid that
-
-It's blatantly ignorant!
-
-It assumes one must have a first name and last name to begin with.
-It is not the case for some country, such as Indonesia, where one can have
-just one name (also known as "mononym"). How are they supposed to fill your form?
-
-Those who do this often assume that given name (i.e. "first name") always comes first,
-and family name (i.e. "last name") comes last and display as such without asking.
-In many Asian countries, like China, Vietnam, or Korea,
-given name comes after family name. They also do this in Hungary.
-When they allow changing name order, they add a comma in between, also without asking.
-
-It is also not universally agreed upon where the middle names should go to.
-This is not a problem when the full name is not required (e.g. Facebook or Google account)
-but when full name is required (e.g. my school G-Suite account or for IELTS registration),
-it is problematic how they represent my name. A few lecturers whom I'm not close with
-keep referring to me by my middle name due to how Google displays my name.
-
-# Who do this?
-
-- Many web services, e.g. Facebook, Google, LinkedIn
-- Language certification tests: IELTS, TCF, DELF/DALF, ...
-
-# Proposed alternative
-
-- Just ask for full name. Governments do that and they're fine.
-- Ask how users want to be referred as, don't assume.
-  I never want to be referred by my family name.
-- Maybe avoid asking for real name at the first place
-  if you're just some online service. [Real name policy][real-name-bad] harms social network users.
-  Even Google dropped that BS.
-
-[real-name-bad]: https://stallman.org/facebook.html#realname