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guess i won't be getting my preferred username on discord anymore (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fuck Discord and their shitty new username system. BRING BACK THE DISCRMINATORS, WE DEMAND IT!

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[–] matt 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I have no idea why they decided on this system - there's definitely some improvements such as decoupling username and display name, and making the username case insensitive, but unique usernames and prestigious usernames is just such an awful system.

So many things had solved this issue as far back as the early 2000s, but seems everyone is insistent on using it.

I couldn't get a decent username on Discord either, so I just claimed a game name as a meme (pso2ngs) until I can think of something I'd actually want.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I hope the person who took Lemuria before me doesn't end up like Mark Herring, who was murdered just because some rare username losers wanted his handle Tennessee.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-man-targeted-his-twitter-handle-dies-after-swatting-call-n1274747

Honestly I myself don't understand why Discord is choosing to change their username system too. It's all so confusing to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I hated that I was forced to change.

One day Discord might go the way of the Reddit. Its the same. One company holding a lot of user generated content. Difference is that it isn't well organised and is locked away behind an account wall.