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Re:Let’s talk about usernames by throwaway2048 on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:43AM (#16356982)
Thats true, but your username is not visible to other users, even for stuff like profile pages.
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Re:Let’s talk about usernames by Tomte on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:48AM (#16357184)
My Steam user name is a nickname given to by and proudly worn in a small, tight-knit online and real life community.

Having had a major fall-out with them fifteen years ago, it always stings when I have to manually enter this user name.

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Re:Let’s talk about usernames by ValentineC on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:51PM (#16360901)
It is in rare cases like Library Sharing.
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