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[–] Grad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I just joined lemmy and this is the first social media service where I could grab my short username instead of a longer one no one uses I'm very glad

[–] william@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I typed my old Reddit username in at first then said “wait a minute…”, somehow nobody took my simple first name in the first several hundred thousand accounts created!

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Usernames only have to be unique on each instance, kind of like email. Even if Lemmy is growing exponentially, not all that growth will be on lemmy.world.

[–] AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You could always host your own instance and be the only user with your special user and connect to other instances' communities.

[–] atimholt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've always been able to grab my username. Of course, I originally (in a different context) tried "timholt", which was taken, then "thetimholt", which was also taken.

[–] DaveFuckinMorgan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You're very grad