diff --git a/client/imports/app/shared/display-name.pipe.ts b/client/imports/app/shared/display-name.pipe.ts
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+import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
+import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
+
+import { User } from '../../../../both/models/user.model';
+
+@Pipe({
+  name: 'displayName'
+})
+export class DisplayNamePipe implements PipeTransform {
+  transform(user: User): string {
+    if (!user) {
+      return '';
+    }
+
+    if (user.username) {
+      return user.username;
+    }
+
+    if (user.emails) {
+      return user.emails[0].address;
+    }
+
+    return '';
+  }
+}