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Semi anonymise last name by keeping only first letter

Widget Request

I like to keep first name, but reduce last name to the first letter only. We keep a sense of "real" user while not divulging their identity.

For instance,
- Jean-Baptiste Théard => Jean-Bapttste T.
- Georges Bush Jr => Georges B. Jr
(I appreciate it's not an easy task across all languages but it doesn't has to be perfect)

Also, I would hate my user to be indexed by Google given the field we operate in.

Posted by JB ·
6 comments

This request was merged into another request

Comments6

  • Olly Meakings

    Team•

    Feb 13, 2025

    @Alicia To be clear, in the backend you’d want their full name, on the frontend (aka widgets), just their first + initial?

    • Janneche

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      Aug 24, 2025

      It’s important for the front-end. In many industries (legal, medical, finance, therapy etc.) customers really don’t want to be identified by name and picture on the website - and showing up in google is a no-go.

  • Sam & Manu

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    Oct 4, 2024

    yep thats important.

  • Olly Meakings

    Team•

    Feb 16, 2024

    @JB Théard why don't you just edit the testimonial to remove surname? It's the email address that groups testimonials together.