Re:Discord’s username change is causing discord
by andromeda-brain on Saturday May 06, 2023 @04:11PM
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Yeah it’s a clever hybrid but that doesn’t mean that it’s without its drawbacks. I’m not really trying to argue one way or the other, but I do think that there are tradeoffs between using a universally understood system for something this core to the product vs. a custom, albeit clever, solution.
Re:Discord’s username change is causing discord
by eropple on Sunday May 07, 2023 @01:00AM
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> a custom, albeit clever, solution.
It was "custom" in 2010. When StarCraft 2 did it. Discord launched in 2015.
"I cannot parse the idea of a username without an @ in front of it" does not suggest that such a person will be more receptive to Discord when @'s are added. On the other hand, I've already canceled my Nitro subscription because I had it for the novelty name and a 200-server limit that I'm no longer using.
Discriminators are, in my mind, are a clever hybrid. You have a unique name plus a short randomized "telephone number". This is easier to remember than a 10 digit phone number, or a username with lots of random junk (xxxxMyNameIsBlahx1203923) added it to it to make it unique.