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fiatjaf | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Maybe instead of prompting the user to assign a name you let the person who invites to pre-fill their name for them. So if I'm inviting Bob to Nostr I just give him a link that already sets his name to Bob.

Once Bob is using Nostr they can change their name as they please.
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doot | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 true
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Landy | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +6 
 All my friends would be called Dick in this case. So I agree wholeheartedly
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jonathan | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 We should also be able to pick a client so they get a link that prompts them to install a client as well as the rest above. If I could send an invite link by message that would get many invites out there.
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L | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Perhaps they don't want to be doxxed from the get go.
We all know there's a good chance that what's in the nostr might never be erased.

But
Iris.to has a good solution. It assigns a random name (adjective+noun) to each nsec when they onboard. You can change the display name but the funny one remains.