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You could probably get away with banning all common english words as usernames if you wanted to.
by account42 9mo ago
You could probably get away with banning all common english words as usernames if you wanted to.
- nkrisc 9mo agoOr put all user pages under some top level path and then you never need to ban anything as this problem becomes completely moot.
- teddyh 9mo agoEven if you don’t ban all words, there are some you should filter: • <https://ldpreload.com/blog/names-to-reserve https://ldpreload.com/blog/names-to-reserve> • <https://xkcd.com/1963/ https://xkcd.com/1963/>
- datawars 9mo agoUntil you invent a product or concept name that is taken by one of the users ;-)
- account42 9mo agoIn that case it's not really different if the usernames are prefixed to be clearly identifiable as usernames - most companies still wouldn't want any user accounts that look like official company accounts.