[DO NOT ADD] Discord Username System
Hey there @everyone! Been about 2 months since I changed this post. And it's been a hot minute, but the username update has now been worked into Discord. No matter if we liked it or not. And people will now (forcefully) get used to it.
As a suprise, this idea has the MOST ever comments and votes recieved on a single post on the feedback platform EVER. The story around this event is the most interesting I have ever seen. And the gerne around it still hasn't ended either. We'll see where all of this goes.
On that note, I have been working on a little project regarding that, since Twitter, Discord, Reddit and Tiktok are heading all into the same route. Our own little enshittification.social! A mastodon instance for the enshittification of companies and they services they used to offfer. (Twitter, Unity, Discord, and so on)
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We thank everyone for their votes, comments and joining our DIscord server and enshittification instance. The story of enshittification will never end and we can see that with the recent Unity Pricing changes.
I've recieved a press request through Discord, however I'm moving that to email, if any press wants to reach out about the update from someone willing to represent the entire discord community against this change, send an email here:
- press@stefanocoding.me
Need more information? Check NTTS's Video:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3LUtBVe3Jk
Want to talk with people about the update? Check this server:
- https://discord.gg/jpFhkeqGHS
An anonymous Discord Partner has spoken out about the reservations, check it out.
- Original post was deleted by reddit admins, link is now for archive.org
Hey, even game devs are struggeling getting their official name as verified servers:
- https://www.gamesradar.com/indie-studio-has-their-discord-username-stolen-out-from-under-them/
- https://twitter.com/rustylakecom/status/1659556388526338048
So what is it with this update?
So generally, this update has recieved a TON of backlash. And this feedback post has already recieved just about 13k upvotes at the time of writing AND a change.org petition with 13k people having signed it,
Fundementally this change to discord is going to cause more issue's for it's users then it could be worth. Among the comments, there are a few I'll display/mention.
One of the major issues that can be confirmed is the resale of Discord accounts. That is something that is unable to be denied and is going to be a major issue. Example here:
What discord has done absolutly wrong during this update:
Discord staff has been claiming double the names, one for their private account. Another for their staff account. Some of these usernames that are being claimed are so rare that people are speculating they are planning to sell it one day or another. The communication is absolute crap, they have not communicated how they where planning to do the roll-out and the way people are now claiming names left and right, from piewdiepie, markiplier and other names that should have been reserved. Then the way access get's rolled out? Verified bots where supposed to get access first, then supposedly brands, moving on to the staff and then the partnered and verified servers. Then the general population. But this has so far changed even more, starting with people from the moderator program, and suddenly the Hypesquad event team. And we still do not have enough information to know what the next bracket will be. There is no proper communication apart from Discord telling us to append our tag/discriminator to our usernames if we can't use it. Or you know just don't make usernames unique. The reddit has been stormed with people hating this update. And when people go to the support page, they're told to respond to feedback, or create it. We've all done this, but Discord still hasn't made an official statement. The entire update wasn't even properly announced like they do with everything else. Hidden behind their Birthday suprises. With the nitro trails providing people with 2 weeks of nitro to forget they signed up and pay an additional month. Normally, this would be tweeted and announced everywhere properly. People are moving away from Discord in an attempt to revolt, they're disbanding Nitro to put a dent somewhere in Discord's earnings. But that'll probably be recouped by investors. Discord claims to listen to feedback. But we've seen nothing of this yet. As a ton of people are saying, Discord is turning into Twitter, we don't want to see it happen. But with the 300 million active users on Discord, we're barely making a dent with this feedback post.
What are some good ways to fix this update?
The previous system worked perfectly, nothing to change about it. However using the display name system is a good idea. Maybe even supporting for official known people to get a username, or a checkmark to define "hey they are official" without the Twitter "pay for a blue tick" bs.
> BELOW ARE COMMENTS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY, NOT BY ME DIRECTLY <
Mikey's, Gen, Rain
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The fact of the matter is that this change would solve nothing, currently 9999 people can share the same name with no issues and still be found. We don't need to copy twitter.
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+1
Name snipping is a massive issue, I've had this name for awhile and have had multiple people impersonate me (despite me not being someone important) just to make me look bad. Image if I don't get the name and someone uses it to say slurs?!(I'm also not very sober making this so it might not make much sense)
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Everyone else already said everything better than I ever could. +1 to this change not being made and the Discord company rethinking its life choices for once.
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+1. so, now instead of telling my friend that i want to add to discord "my name is Emu#1234" i have to tell them "my name is @Emu948390"... yes, super easy to remember!!!!! please discord, don't implement this, there is no need to. stop creating problems that doesn't exist.
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+1, please do not do this change. very much against it!
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+1
Discord, stop trying to be Twitter. We know this is why you're doing it, and thus I would like to voice that I USE DISCORD SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE TWITTER.
If there is ever a point at which you listen to your GODDAMN CUSTOMERS for once, this is the time to do it.
If this goes through, I and countless others are cancelling our nitro subscriptions until you realize just how stupid this pathetic excuse for a design idea is and apologize to your source of income.39 -
+1
In addition to all of the veritable issues which people have brought to the table, the current identifiers allow people to share a common username, something which may not be unique which they may personally identify with and don't want to change. While I appreciate that the new plan is to allow for non-unique display names, it feels like a condolence prize for if you can't claim/retain your current handle. It feels like Discord is saying "if your handle is not unique, you're not allowed to keep your current identity", and that's not a kind policy to employ.
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Discord also forgot people speak languages which don't use the latin alphabet. Anyone with their username in their own language is just out of luck I guess.
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Easiest +1 of my life. They can take my 9414 out of my old, dead hands.
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Why have I been paying for nitro for 5 years if the main benefit will be taken away?
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the fact that number tags are one of the things that make discord unique, and they’re blatantly getting rid of number tags in order to fit in with other social media is so disheartening. whats the next discord-unique feature on the chopping block, you smalltime supervillains???
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seems like a "fix" for a really specific and minor issue that is meaningless compared to the large amount of problems it will cause. this isn't really fixing anything and is only going to make things more complicated. i much prefer the name + numbers system we currently have. your current system totally eliminates the issue of people not being able to have the tag that they want and typically go by - changing this is just going to cause more issues with that, as well as with impersonation and privacy. this is a really poor call and i hope you guys will decide against it after getting so much pushback. +1
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+1
as if telling people my username is funguz_1nf3ct10n_342 is any easier than telling people my username is fungus#1999This is gonna make account selling so much worse, not to mention people are gonna snipe the names of famous people that wont get to it in time.
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+1. Insanely horrible idea
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+1. If this goes through I'm cancelling my Nitro. No one I know has ever had a problem with the discriminator system and I'm not gonna give money to a service that takes away a fundamental part of what makes that service fun and unique.
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+1
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this change is stupid and discord knows it
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+1 this is trash. discord what are you doing
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Agreed, we don’t need to have a single name for our profiles. The existing system is not broke, so don’t fix it.
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+1. The discriminators are a perfect system and Discord is looking to change one of the things that makes it great.
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This screams of, “we want to give influencers and employees user names that they can’t get because it was already taken by a nitro user”
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+1. Really terrible idea. Communities and creators already deal with impersonation, this will only create an artificial and unnecessary mad scramble for usernames and incentivize hoarding and ransoming them. The discriminator system works fine, and is one of the things unique to Discord that make it a good platform for connecting people. Discord does not need to be Twitter, it does not need to be Facebook. People will tack numbers onto their names anyways to keep what they had before. Do not implement this change. If this goes through, I will certainly be cancelling my Nitro subscription and any/all server boosts I provide until and unless it is rolled back.
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EVERYONE cancel your Nitro subscriptions.
This fascist company does not deserve any of your money, they need to be held accountable for their actions.
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Discord doesn't need to become twitter.
Bad discord
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I've been paying for Nitro for years (not Nitro Basic or Classic, the FULL Nitro) but this one change singlehandedly ruins a lot of Discord's appeal for me and makes me want to cancel my subscription. You won't get another red cent out of me if this horrible idea actually goes through.
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Im pretty sure ill be able to snatch my nickname cause my account is from late 2015 and i still HATE this change.
"Its to make it easier to find your friends so you dont have to remember the 4 number code"
Its far easier to remember/copypaste a 4 number code (also werent there links to add friends anyways?) than to rememeber a 10 characters long username cause everything else was taken :/ please dont.
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Why should you change the name system?? The current name system is just perfect.
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I highly dislike this idea for an update. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But it's not just that, changing this would break discord in a lot of ways. It's terrible for privacy and terrible for impersonation. Most of us use discord because it's private. It's a great way to connect with friends in a closed off, private space, and changing this would absolutely destroy that and likely push people away from discord, especially if more updates like this follow.
Sometimes it really does feel like you're changing things for the sake of changing them, to meet some monthly meeting quota, rather than actually trying to make an app that is convenient and fun to use.
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+1. If this change is implemented, I will be one of the ones canceling my Nitro. I go by a very common username and I even meticulously chose which number I want to go by.
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+1
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