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Re:Jeremy Vaught spent 16 years to build @music on Twitter, ... by fluoridation on Saturday August 05, 2023 @08:15PM (#37017600)
>Are there any solutions that are even close to … some kind of fairness, or even approximation of a system that respects… anything?

One way could be have names mean nothing in terms of identification. You can call yourself "music" if you like, but so can anyone else. You're better off calling yourself something unique and then building a following, so that future potential followers can distinguish you from copycats.

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Re:Jeremy Vaught spent 16 years to build @music on Twitter, ... by andrepd on Saturday August 05, 2023 @08:23PM (#37017647)
Discord kinda had that with username#1234 (4 digits). But that's being phase out.
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Re:Jeremy Vaught spent 16 years to build @music on Twitter, ... by tagamma on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:04PM (#37017912)
Is there an explanation anywhere of their reason for doing the phase out? Very curious!
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Re:Jeremy Vaught spent 16 years to build @music on Twitter, ... by rurounijones on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:10PM (#37017946)
User confusion.basically
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Re:Jeremy Vaught spent 16 years to build @music on Twitter, ... by Ekaros on Sunday August 06, 2023 @02:49PM (#37025249)
Because absolutely everyone employed there. Or at least those having any power were incapable of coming up with alternative solution for adding friends... As 4 numbers was too hard to remember. And only possible way was to use exact name...

Not to generate link or email or something...

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