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It sounds like the form you filled out just poorly labelled their "Pick a Username" field; The concept of a website generating something to call you is interest
by darylfritz 12y ago
It sounds like the form you filled out just poorly labelled their "Pick a Username" field; The concept of a website generating something to call you is interesting though. It could lead to hilarious scenarios.
- a3n 12y agoNo, the login is your email. Or is there a login and a username? Stupid again. And no, I don't mean generating something to call me. I'm assumming they need a unique digital identifier, and they're just falling back on "name," whatever "name" means.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago>> "Or is there a login and a username? Stupid again" Lots of sites allow you to login with a username or an email address. I agree it can complicate things but is you need an email address to validate a user is real and a unique username for the service (e.g. it's social) allowing either for login will probably result in less forgotten logins.
- bostonpete 12y agoHow does an email address validate that a user is real?
- k-mcgrady 12y agoNot real, I meant 'not a bot'. Ask for email, send a link that must be clicked etc.
- frenchy 12y agoThat doesn't answer the question. There's no particular reason a bot can't have an email address.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoMaybe I'm wrong, I was always under the impressions one of the main reasons to ask for an email address was to make things more difficult for bots. Rather than just setup a script to create accounts on your server they would also need a valid email address for every attempt.
- voltagex_ 12y agoTry Star Citizen, which needed an email, login name AND username. Insanity.
- epsylon 12y agoAnd they have to be all different IIRC.