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Did you ever wanna have a username but it was taken? Us early adopters to the fediverse can now freely choose nice, untaken usernames!

Let that sink in. We have the luxury and freedom to nearly choose any username we want. without having to add unnecessary underscores or numbers.

Thats nice.

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[–] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Since it's all based on federated servers I doubt taken usernames will ever become the same problem as on centralized platforms. After all, you can simply register a username taken on one server on another. You could even host your own server and have unlimited new usernames etc.

[–] jclinares@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I'm gonna set up an instance just for my multiple personalities. What could go wrong?

[–] StickBugged@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

The beauty of the fediverse

[–] jake@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I just wish I would have given myself a capital J. Oh well.

[–] kvn@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I forgot my vowels. Oh well

[–] ChrV@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Looks better that way, more friendly :)

[–] gus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

lower case first names...ASSEMBLE

[–] GioryJalino@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

CamelCase beating yo ass all day.

[–] BaldProphet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago
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[–] Joe@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It's better with a capital J, take my word for it

[–] 00@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mom says its my turn on the account naming scheme!

[–] operator@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

username checks out

[–] cheeseOnBread@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cheese was already taken 😭

[–] operator@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

username checks out

[–] sour@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
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[–] Danny@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] mihnt@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You could have been Danny69 though. So close to greatness.

[–] Danny@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Damn! Maybe next time!

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[–] levochemist@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I fucked up and used the same name

[–] Gabe@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would never have been able to be just Gabe on reddit. It's nice.

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[–] root@u.fail 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Scope@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] operator@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh my.... why didn't i think of this :D

[–] reflex@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Oh my.... why didn't i think of this :D

See if sudo is available.

[–] progenyofthestars@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Early adopter of a particular instance? Sure.
Someone can still grab the same name and post from another instance.

[–] drudgesentinel@board.minimally.online 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And with multiple domains, if it's taken one place it might not be another.

[–] bee@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They told me I could become anything so I became a bee

[–] MishaMouse@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

i love seeing people follow their dreams

[–] operator@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

username checks out

[–] MishaMouse@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i got to be mishamouse instead of mishamau5, so i don’t have to look like i’m stuck in my dubstep/leetspeak phase anymore.

[–] j4yt33@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

What are you implying??

[–] gk99@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I didn't even think, I just used the same as my reddit one.

Which is fine, I have 99 on everything else, being just gk would be weird.

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

This is my preferred username. My reddit name is similar, but not the same, because this was taken there.

[–] Vagabond@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Finally no dashes or underscores!

[–] aurora@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

That has admittedly been my petty joy in jumping ship. Sparkly new, like untrodden snow.

[–] ivy@fedi196.gay 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

it's so nice getting to just be ivy
it's my name and it's so gosh darn nice seeing and hearing it used

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[–] eatmoregreenfood@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Eat more green food

[–] HonorableScythe@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like just getting to try on a new identity. Didn't need to go for a short/common word name. I wanted something different than what I was using before. This fits.

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[–] cyberian_khatru@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My username is usually available everywhere and I'm content with it, but I'm happy for you guys

[–] operator@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i am just happy to be able to be one of the lucky ones getting a common word. Jealous of @00

[–] 00@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

And im a bit jealous of @0x. The grass is always greener on the other side.

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