@Gargron
Currently if you have Nitro ($9.99) and have a September 2016 account
Can you get the name
Priorities have gone to waste

@Gargron Just got mine today. Oddly, no one else seems to want to be Wyatt H Knott.

@Gargron was that just rolled out recently?

@Gargron Do you suspect that this is just the first step of Discord moving into a public social space?

Im not sure that Discord's old system was really creating that much of a barrier to current users connecting with each other.

I think a bigger reason to move to a unique user name model is if Discord wants to launch a publicly facing social platform.

@Gargron
well but the impersionation risk is much lower. By only allowing lowercase letters and numbers it is next to Impossible to create an impersonation account that is basically indistinguishable from the original

@Gargron I don't like that there doing this, don't break what wasn't broke!

I don't see anything about new usernames yet, mine still has the 4 digits and there's no option to change to a username without them

@Gargron honest question:

what happens if someone tries to register as a new user? Won't they be able to register the new username, skipping the line?

@Gargron link?

@Gargron I liked that i could use my nickname as my discord hamdle even if there were other people with that same nickname. I thought that most people thought like this so i don't understand the decision to remove this feature

@Gargron no doubt the new system has a lot of benefits. but kind of an exemplary case of overoptimizing a product until theres nothing fun about it anymore.

@Gargron does it also cost $8/month??? ;)

@Gargron It boggles the mind this wasn't optional. Why not let people keep their # if they want to?

@Gargron that sucks

@Gargron I actually haaaaate the descriminator thing. Though I guess they could've allowed "#" in usernames as an exception to the alphanumeric limitations, and people could still be "freshprince#2378" if they really wanted...?

@Gargron At first I thought it was lame but when I read their argumentation it makes sense.
It would be easier for people and their irl friends or acquaintances to remember the username if it doesn't have error-prone numbers attached to it.

Personally I think it's good to be accommodating to new users rather than overly loyal to older ones out of fear of backlash. At the end of the day, it's a minor inconvenience for us, but a better system for newcomers.

@Gargron them anyway require use email and phones for registration why them not goes from beginning the sane way and set random uuid per registration and just allow use any kind of visible name tied to uuid ? ppl probably anyway search each other by "private" data there or directly share invitation links...

@Gargron Same. I have my nickname since 2018 and now I have to fear that I have to deface my nickname with some numbers. >_<

@Gargron i got the one i wanted and im still mad they changed it, its such a silly change.
1. there are problems with most username systems, lets solve this using discriminators
2. now that we’ve solved them, why don’t we create them again by removing discriminators

@Gargron even worse for notable folks—their names are just straight up getting sniped despite Discord assuring them they wouldn’t allow that lol

@Gargron I saw someone who wanted the username "Nitrosparxx" but he couldn't get it as the word "nitro" is banned from usernames

@Gargron also now there's so many more limitations about what you can put in the username it's so lame