I’ve been at a loss since Plex started to automatically rename Plex users from email address to a user name. I invite friends by email, but once they connect their account name is sometimes completely different – leaving me unable to remember who is who in my friends list. Is there any logic to …

Each of your friends can change their own account username, which will change how they appear to you. But there’s no way for you to change their username.

Yeah, I knew they could change… But seems like a very flawed implementation where we need to reach out and request them to change their user name so it properly shows up on our end. wondering if any plans to correct. was happy with email addresses – could easily figure out who was who with …

And to add… even though yes, I could try and ask them to change – at this point I’ve lost their email address. So unless I had it elsewhere, I have no way to contact them to even request that change. Or who do I contact? User kkkelel? But I don’t know who that is – so don’t know what email …

[image] BigDesertDon: at this point I’ve lost their email address Some friends you’ve got there…

You might want to add your vote/voice to this feature request: [image] Customize friend names/icons Feature Suggestions I wish it was possible to set “friendly” names and icons I recognize for “friends” that use my Plex server. You know, those people with their own accoun…

I think this came up before. At the very least, it should be possible to see your “friend’s” emails used to invite. That information should still be in the server somewhere. Does anyone remember? Did they use the web tools app I see thrown around to find the friend emails?

[image] BobSnot: Some friends you’ve got there… There’s no call for that. If you’ve got 5 friends named “Joe [lastname]” and Plex automatically changed their usernames to “jo1234” and “jo2345,” etc., you’ve got no way within the UI to figure out who’s who. It’s a legitimate issue.

[image] Divideby0: Did they use the web tools app I see thrown around to find the friend emails? Correct. Home · WebTools-NG/WebTools-NG Wiki · GitHub

[image] beckfield: There’s no call for that. If you’ve got 5 friends named “Joe [lastname]” and Plex automatically changed their usernames to “jo1234” and “jo2345,” etc., you’ve got no way within the UI to figure out who’s who. It’s a legitimate issue. you’ve completely missed my point. I’ve…

The fact remains, snarky comments like that aren’t helpful.

Renaming Friends?

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beckfield October 16, 2022, 2:51pm 6

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Renaming Friends?

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