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It’s not clear to me, but can usernames be reused? Let’s say I create a username and then later delete it as they suggest. Can someone else then create the us
by johnnyo 3y ago
It’s not clear to me, but can usernames be reused?
Let’s say I create a username and then later delete it as they suggest.
Can someone else then create the username and continue the conversation?
Is there a means to know if I’m talking to the same “Bob.smith.123” I was a few weeks back?
- woofcat 3y agoNo, username is only for discovery. So while reuse is allowed. Your contacts would stay connected with you.
- handsclean 3y agoMy understanding: 1. You use the username to connect to Bob.smith.123. This creates a conversation with the user who currently has that username. 2. You can’t see that user’s username, just “Bob Smith” or their name in your contacts, so them changing or deleting their username isn’t even visible to you. Your conversation is unaffected. 3. If, in the future, you add username Bob.smith.123 again, it may be a different person. I think the name is a mistake, I’d have called it an “add code” or something. Clearer to explain a new thing than to say a word that means a dozen wrong things and always be correcting everybody.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoI agreed with your suggestion. Username is a poor choice. I’ll go ahead and repeat that I have said in previous comments: > or their name in your contacts This is a huge mistake on Signal’s part — even if both have saved each other’s numbers the username-to-username connection should not mix with any other “normal conversation” ever!! They should also not try to show the ser “name” either - some other name or a named conversation.
- pests 3y agoIt's literally an invite code like discord has. Weird naming.
- TwoNineFive 3y agoNo, because it's not a username. I don't know why they are calling them that. It's just weird.