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Re:What’s the most asinine technical requirement you’ve had ... by emmab on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:52AM (#21189176)
Solution: Reserve cool user ids and sell them yourself later if your service becomes popular?
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Re:What’s the most asinine technical requirement you’ve had ... by dmichulke on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:48AM (#21189783)
"ID Squatting"
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Re:What’s the most asinine technical requirement you’ve had ... by altmind on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:45AM (#21200104)
I remember people were selling premium UIDs in ICQ. Also, low, 5-digit UIDs could be sold for single hundreds dollars. A novel way to indicate you were an ICQ veteran.
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Re:What’s the most asinine technical requirement you’ve had ... by samus on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:07PM (#21206736)
Similar thing has happened on Slashdot - the shorter the ID, the higher prestige
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