This may seem like a trivial concern, but please hear me out m(__)m
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I have a friend from university whose LINE display name is just the first character of her name.
If her name were “Yuka,” it would be “Yu.”
If it were “Misaki,” it would be “Mi.”
↑Something like that.
She used to use her full real name, but about a year ago she changed it to this.
Is there any reason someone would deliberately set their LINE name like this, other than papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) or working in the adult entertainment industry…!?
I’m Shingo Lee, a column writer.
I think it’s actually a pretty sensible security measure not to use your full real name or a photo of yourself.
LINE has fairly weak privacy protections: people can find you through automatic suggestions, see your account through mutual friends, or add you without your consent using your phone number.
Honestly, people who use their full real names there kind of put me off.
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I’m Aya, a female member.
Regardless of papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), I don’t want to share my real name with just anyone, so I use a random name on LINE. I don’t use a photo of my face as my profile picture either. I think it just depends on the person.
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I’m Nana Ayase ☆
Before worrying about someone else, maybe worry about yourself first.
What are you going to do with that information?
Is it just something to gossip about? Please leave her alone.
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Maezawa from the CEO’s office here—I’ll answer too.
> Is there any reason someone would go out of their way to set their LINE name like this, other than papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) or sex work…!?
Maybe they just don’t want their real name showing up on LINE game rankings...
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