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Successfully registered and then denied login at a website. “surname too short”
- SZJX 9y agoAnd then I couldn't register for a new account with a fake surname because the system apparently deems the email address already taken. I mean what the actual hell. Even the last two Chinese presidents both have two-character surnames (written in Latin script of course). And why would you allow an account to be created and then inaccessible to the client? This is both hilarious and tragic. I'd say this kind of programming is quite a way to let people stop taking you seriously immediately.
- greenyoda 9y agoIt looks like the creators of that site have never read this: Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-b... If they had, they'd know that trying to validate names is a losing proposition, and they should trust their users to get their own names right.