Your sign-up form is a weapon

Re:Your sign-up form is a weapon by rs_rs_rs_rs_rs on Thursday April 02, 2026 @03:15AM (#47611021)

You're not owed anything, you can take your legit random ass string username to another company that allows it.

I suspect any company would take this trade off, losing some customers but significantly lowering fraud.

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Re:Your sign-up form is a weapon by bstsb on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:36AM (#47615113)

then you have the bot picking Xbox-esque usernames like BluePanda72 instead

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