We are already seeing new players with a bunch of random letters and numbers for their username. Eventually every single player will have a bunch of mixed characters in their name, it’s not like 2012 when you could have the username (xxKillerxx4529683025), now it’s more like having the username (dw9a76drt39dgah3s7ks) probably those will all be taken too, then what… Display names are designed to give players the choice to get to use their own original nicknames that would have otherwise been taken since 2006, it also allows them to be identified in a game more easier. Instead of having to scroll through the player list with a bunch of long names it’ll now be easier to locate these shorter display names. It is unfortunate that people decided to take advantage of this system in order to bypass or impersonate, but that is something that Roblox can easily filter out just like they have with the in game chat. We wouldn’t have chat in Roblox games if Roblox did not go out of their way to make it safe and secure, they just have to go the extra mile in order to make it safe and we have to give this new feature a chance otherwise we will always just assume it’s bad before ever trying to fix it. It is not perfect… yet. But it can be improved on in the long run. As for the risk of impersonating youtubers and admins I’m sure Roblox has already filtered out most of those names, even if someone does have a bypassed youtuber/admin display name there are still easy ways to know if they are real or fake. A real youtuber or admin will always have a special logo right before their username, for admins it’s the Roblox logo and for star creators it’s the star creator logo. If you do not see that icon by the player’s name then they are an imposter. If you are looking at their profile on the Roblox site then wherever you see their display name you will also see their unique username just right below it, you can also check their badges for the admin badge or if it’s a youtuber check their groups to see if they are in the star creator program. A lot of people get scammed even before display names were a thing, back in 2019 I even fell for a scam by a fake admin who pretended they would terminate my account if I didn’t do what they instructed me to do. Scammers are really tricky to detect unless people are smart enough to tell the difference, and it’s not that hard to find out what is real and what is fake.
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