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It would be better if it was randomly generated, I'm looking at you CoralApples216
I can be your
Guest1234anytime you want ;)It generated a suffix of two digits when I tried (you can set it explicitely but it is mandatory).
I kept having to randomly scramble it until it gave me a number I liked.
Doesn't really matter with them being non unique. Multiple people can have the same username, there's a randomly generated number that goes with it
Let's make a compact to all use "guillotinetherich"
A pact maybe?
maybe Wogi wants to check his makeup in the mirror while he's out at guillotine-the-rich rallies.
Why would it be better?
guessing it would mean that people wont be using the same username as they do on every other account. So if doodlebop69 can't be traced from signal they could go to google and find the same doodlebop69 to grab their information from
But doodlebug69 needs to accept a message from you before you can see their profile info.
They have the username already, they don't need to see their profile info to search for a username
You shouldn't be forced to be anonymous. If you want to pick the same username, you should be able to. But even so, there's still a required number at the end. So unless your username elsewhere ends in 2 digits and isn't already taken, then you can't pick it anyway
The best compromise might be similar to how it works currently
Right now you enter your username, and then a number is randomly generated but you can change it manually.
Randomly generate both, and allow the user to change both