• Otter@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    I find it odd, but a lot of newer users on Reddit go with the default suggested username and those follow the word-word-0000 template.

    At the same time, it might be better for privacy to do that since it’s less likely that someone can track you across platforms if you use the generator built into each platform.

    • dan@upvote.au
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      9 days ago

      I see it a lot, too. Reddit’s been around for 20 years, so all the good usernames are already taken.

    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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      9 days ago

      Its been a long time since you could build relationships with other users in places like Reddit. The usernames don’t matter anymore so you may as well just use randoms. Your just going to get banned and make a new one anyways.