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Why does Linkedin not automatically and correctly capitalise profile names?

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Why does Linkedin not automatically and correctly capitalise profile names?

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Post by navidkhn1 » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 5:54 PM UTC

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Post by cimmanom » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 6:06 PM UTC

How would it know how to capitalize them correctly?

Tiny example: Mackenzie vs MacKenzie (yes, both exist; and no, they’re not interchangeable).

Re: Why does Linkedin not automatically and correctly capitalise profile names?

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Post by navidkhn1 » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 8:50 PM UTC

cimmanom wrote: post #2

How would it know how to capitalize them correctly? Tiny example: Mackenzie vs MacKenzie (yes, both exist; and no, they’re not interchangeable).

How does Facebook do it then?

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