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Re:Reddit’s disrespectful design on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:07AM (#27661431)
I'm /u/zjz on wallstreetbets. That google sign-in flow thing has caused us a good bit of hassle because people became convinced that usernames fitting the Word-Word-#### scheme are all bots.

It doesn't help that the kind of person who lets a google sign-in type flow suggest a username for them is probably a lazy commenter.

Perhaps an announcement in the future when a user-facing identifier is auto-generated would be wise.

No, it's not the same as doing that for women or black people.

People lie about their gifted child to get them exposure all the time. People doing that with art comes to mind. Or even just a parent doing assignments for their kid.

You're not being creative enough if you can't imagine a world in which someone would lie about something on the internet for attention.

I guess I'm the only one here doubting that the combination of both this project and the language used in the comment replies is coming from a 12 year old.

Take it as a compliment if it's legitimate.