I think the current flow for Reddit account creation is they give you the auto generated username and you have to change it when you’re done creating the account. You don’t get to set it during creation. So because it’s an extra step I think some people don’t. (Though I may be misremembering. It’s been years since I used it.)
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otter@lemmy.ca 10 hours agoI find it odd, but a lot of newer users on Reddit go with the default suggested username and those follow the word-word-0000 template.
At the same time, it might be better for privacy to do that since it’s less likely that someone can track you across platforms if you use the generator built into each platform.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 hours ago
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 8 hours ago
Its been a long time since you could build relationships with other users in places like Reddit. The usernames don’t matter anymore so you may as well just use randoms.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 hours ago
it has been flooded with bots since '16, when russia got involved with reddit through propaganda. so people are quite suspicious around other users, accusing them bots.
ageedizzle@piefed.ca 2 hours ago
How can lemmy avoid that fate, if it ever gets really popular?
dan@upvote.au 9 hours ago
I see it a lot, too. Reddit’s been around for 20 years, so all the good usernames are already taken.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 hours ago
thats how they mass-create bot accounts, just create a large number without carefully making one that reddit wont immediately ban you on.
EvilBit@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Fair enough. Maybe I’m too old for the internet.
alaphic@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Maybe the internet truly is… No Country for Old Men…
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