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A "username" should be a uuid. The user should be able to put a string of their chosing next to it (an alias, real name, etc), and a service like gravatar can b
by sparkie 11y ago
A "username" should be a uuid. The user should be able to put a string of their chosing next to it (an alias, real name, etc), and a service like gravatar can be used to distinguish between users who have the same string.
- kleer001 11y agoRight? Lets look at mature-er systems like Linked-In. There's plenty of "John Smith" or "Jane Kim", but they're all represented as different people. No stress, ugh.
- minimaxir 11y agoLinkedIn allows users to choose a username for a unique link to their profile (e.g. https://linkedin.com/in/minimaxir https://linkedin.com/in/minimaxir ), which is subject to the same rules as normal usernames.
- kleer001 11y agoTrue. And that username is not in the main pipe for searching.