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A comment on Ask HN: So why is it that usernames are always 5 characters or more?.

Re:Ask HN: So why is it that usernames are always 5 characte... by Kevindish on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @09:26AM (#3852437)
I think that is because that under 5 chars, there is not that many usernames.

It would also be odd with a username on only 1 char?

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Re:Ask HN: So why is it that usernames are always 5 characte... by iamjonlee on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @12:15PM (#3853312)
I think there would be a lot of personalized usernames, which is what I'm going for. Imagine having having a personalized link like domain.com/jon or domain.com/tim. There's definitely a lot of demand for such personalized usernames.
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