Spaenny@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoUsernames are Evolving - Revoltrevolt.chatexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10
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minus-squareEvilColeslaw@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoSo, the actual reason for the change is likely their dumb handling of capitalization in the original scheme. To use your username as an example: copygirl#1234, Copygirl#1234, COPYGIRL#1234, CopyGirl#1234, etc Every permutation of capitalization is available as a distinct username. And with the low price of Nitro you get to customize your discriminator, which could make impersonation a very real problem.
So, the actual reason for the change is likely their dumb handling of capitalization in the original scheme. To use your username as an example:
copygirl#1234, Copygirl#1234, COPYGIRL#1234, CopyGirl#1234, etc
Every permutation of capitalization is available as a distinct username. And with the low price of Nitro you get to customize your discriminator, which could make impersonation a very real problem.