[DO NOT ADD] Discord Username System
Did you know? Discord is reworking/removing their partnership program (as it currently stands)
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)
Would you like to participate in an UNOFFCIAL poll? Click here!
(NOT affiliated with Discord in any way, shape or form)
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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this is great advertising for different platforms!
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Why is an account from 2017 already using the new username system with the handle @riley
That makes no sense.
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how the hell
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+1 awful update please don't add it
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As far as I'm aware and have been made aware of, that 2017 account (@riley) there is not a Staff account and or someone who is associated with Staff.
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+1
I wanna have my real name, this is the exact opposite of what anyone wanted.
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Also this will ruin so many bots and bot APIs.
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It's sad how discord says this is a community update yet they aren't even listening to their community.
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Huh, I just noticed that at the bottom of this website, that it says discord is hiring... I wonder why...
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I think the change is fine. Y'all overreacting about a minor change? Grow up.
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+1 this is the beginning of the end for Discord
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I think the change is fine. Y'all overreacting about a minor change? Grow up.
Explain why it's a fine change while you hold the L.
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Not having to scour through and find a variation of my username was one of my favorite parts of setting up my account. It wasn't annoying or a hassle, I just picked the thing and bam, done, easy as that.
On top of the fact that "it'll make it easier to add people" is utter bs, given that, as multiple people have already stated, this sort of system just leads to long complicated usernames that way they're unique, rather than the system we have which is NOT BROKEN.12 -
The logic is just completly gone for me. The old system was good, the new system is bad.
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+1
Will be no longer using discord if this change goes into effect, and will unsubscribe from nitro immediately10 -
I bet anyone from Discord doesn't actually read these.
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People still saying they will drop Nitro... too late.
You should have already done that weeks ago.6 -
There are over 9,999 Mikes? Well, add another number so there can be Mike#12345.
This huge change shouldn't be necessary and takes away some of Discord's charm/identity.
Whenever you see something like "Name#1234" you can automatically know & identify that is a Discord username. When you have something as "@Name" it turns into a problem that it is so generic that it could go to anything, such as Twitter or Instagram Usernames.
"Oh but it can match my Twitter/Instagram/etc" I see that argument however all that means is that it "can" and not will. Meaning you will have to list your entire username already. It's simple and faster to have 4 digits at the end of your name instead of being something garbled up like @Name_.toomanypeoplepickedthis
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I've cancelled my nitro over this, and I'll be encouraging anyone I meet to do so as well.
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+1
Terrible change, please just fix what you already have before adding questionable features.6 -
I've cancelled my nitro and also convinced several others to do the same. I also kind of believe discord doesn't read any of these and have set this thread as "silent" to them. If enough people cancel nitro they'll be forced to listen to us, so please guys cancel your nitro. It's never too late.
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litterly fucking pointless and it gose agenst all there points
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Discord has lied to us, just so everyone is aware.
Whether you agree with this change, or disagree with it, I think that we can all agree that this isn't right one bit.
A 2017 dated account has gotten it, this is the @riley person as shown before previously. They are not affiliated with Discord in any way, and this shouldn't have been rolled out to them as Discord had stated in their blog post with how the rollout was going to happen. They are a normal user just like the majority of us all are. This is confirmed now.
Also, please do not go harassing this person either. There's allegedly other users as well which are newer dated accounts that have already received it as well.
I am just showing this for the sake of the point of showing that Discord has lied to us all.
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Has there been an official statement from Discord about this following all the backlash? I noticed recently they've started updating the UI in the app to include "username" and "display name" - can't change away from a denominator yet but it's a worrying sign.
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As far as I'm concerned, it's just been radio silence across the board regarding this situation. However that won't remain once Discord realizes that they have hardly any income left.
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imma be honest with all the people who think this will affect discord's bottom line, most people do not care as it's just a username. I really wish I had a life so simple and easy where my biggest problem is a tiny username change in an application
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Ephenia that person is a nitro sub, and Discord did say that nitro subs would get early access to the name change game. Though that is super weird that someone from 2017 with a nitro sub got it that early.
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YakiAttaki, you don’t think it’s weird that this single user already has it?
My nitro is as old as their account and my account is even older; No signs of the ability to use this feature over here.
It’s either incompetence from whomever is in charge of rolling it out (based on the explanation on how it’ll work) or it’s someone getting preferential treatment.My 2¢.
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imma be honest with all the people who think this will affect discord's bottom line, most people do not care as it's just a username. I really wish I had a life so simple and easy where my biggest problem is a tiny username change in an application
If you really read through all of this post then you'd realize how stupid of a comment that really is.
This is a lot more important than just "a tiny username change". I'm not about to type out everything said in this already thread for you, so I encourage you use your eyes and actually read for once.Thank you. ヾ(￣▽￣) Bye~Bye~
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This feature is bad, for pretty much all the reasons stated above that I won't bother repeating. I disagree with their rationale, too. It makes it ever so marginally easier to give someone your discord id on a napkin in a bar, but if you're writing it down on a napkin just get your phone out while you get your pen for barely any extra effort. The only situation I can see this remotely being useful is when you don't have your phone on you but absolutely need to give someone your discord id there and then, but really, when exactly does that happen? For people who have that happening frequently, they could just buy nitro and use a number they can remember.
Hopefully they realize how much it is going to suck before they actually pull the trigger.
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