bubbalu [they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoDiscord on their bullshit. I will not willingly accept a username.hexbear.netimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1imageDiscord on their bullshit. I will not willingly accept a username.hexbear.netbubbalu [they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSnowySkyes [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoI’m still not entirely certain what exactly was wrong with their old system. Seems infinitely better than this steaming pile of garbage to me.
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 months agoThey thought that the Username#1111 system created unmemorable names that people weren’t able to share with each other easily. They probably viewed this internally as a barrier to Discord’s growth or some stupid shit. That’s literally it.
minus-squareCysioland@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoIf you have a common username, you’ll end up being called Awoo2137 instead of Awoo#2137
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoI’m fucking mad I didn’t get Awoo tbh I was quite happy with Awoo#0001
I’m still not entirely certain what exactly was wrong with their old system. Seems infinitely better than this steaming pile of garbage to me.
They thought that the Username#1111 system created unmemorable names that people weren’t able to share with each other easily. They probably viewed this internally as a barrier to Discord’s growth or some stupid shit.
That’s literally it.
If you have a common username, you’ll end up being called Awoo2137 instead of Awoo#2137
I’m fucking mad I didn’t get Awoo tbh I was quite happy with Awoo#0001