diff -r 00185d8fb192 -r eb87ccb079f1 libpurple/protocols/myspace/myspace.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/myspace/myspace.c	Wed Sep 05 04:52:33 2007 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/myspace/myspace.c	Tue Sep 11 23:50:37 2007 +0000
@@ -1527,9 +1527,8 @@
 	 * address and not username. Will be freed in msim_session_destroy(). */
 	session->username = msim_msg_get_string(msg, "uniquenick");
 
-	/* If a local alias wasn't set, set it to user's username. */
-	if (!session->account->alias || !strlen(session->account->alias))
-		purple_account_set_alias(session->account, session->username);
+	/* Set display name to username (otherwise will show email address) */
+	purple_connection_set_display_name(session->gc, session->username);
 
 	/* The session is now set up, ready to be connected. This emits the
 	 * signedOn signal, so clients can now do anything with msimprpl, and