^ LOL!
Yeah, you know, I really think the whole name issue would have been a NON issue, had they handled it better when it first became known that their names were not Elle and Blair. I don't go by my birth name either...I NEVER have, not even as a little girl. But I really think where they messed up was when they first got called out on it, instead of making a video or blog post or whatever, saying 'Okay, we didn't think this was an issue since so many people go by nicknames, but here's the deal...", they insisted that Elle and Blair were in fact their real names, and went so far as to start blocking people and stuff (and from what I've seen/heard they threatened a couple of people with a lawsuit or something?)
Anyway, we do need to remember that these girls are young...so I think the problem is that they didn't really know HOW to deal with it, so they just did the best they could at the time.