Re:Ask HN: Why prohibit spaces in usernames?
by ScottWhigham on Monday April 28, 2014 @09:30AM
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The second argument does not hold: maryjane and mаryjаne are similar but are different sequences of bytes.
You're nit-picking with that attempt at an argument. If I'm a moderator of a large forum and my user name is "MaryJane", is the community made better when a "Mary Jane" joins? Obviously not - there would be confusion as to who the mod is (regardless of icons/colors/other text used to display the true mod). In marketing speak, "It dilutes the brand".
You're nit-picking with that attempt at an argument. If I'm a moderator of a large forum and my user name is "MaryJane", is the community made better when a "Mary Jane" joins? Obviously not - there would be confusion as to who the mod is (regardless of icons/colors/other text used to display the true mod). In marketing speak, "It dilutes the brand".