The web chat service Discord stated in a weblog submit Wednesday that it may ask all customers to alter their username within the coming weeks.
The service wrote that every new username will probably be preceded by an at signal (@), and may embody lowercase letters, numbers, a interval or an underscore. No different particular characters will probably be allowed, and the brand new usernames will drop the four-digit quantity connected to the top of usernames, like #1337. The adjustments will lead to usernames resembling these from different social media websites, like Twitter and Instagram.
Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord’s co-founder and chief expertise officer, wrote on-line that the adjustments are supposed to make it simpler for individuals to seek out and join with one another.
“Our present usernames can usually be too sophisticated or obscure for individuals to recollect and share simply,” he wrote.
You possibly can’t change your title but, although. You may have to attend for Discord to immediate you within the app to alter your username, and it will begin with older accounts first. The app may even stroll you thru easy methods to change your username.
Discord will stroll you thru altering your username when it is your flip.
You’ll nonetheless have the ability to set a novel show title separate out of your username.
“Your show title is how you’ll primarily seem throughout Discord,” the service wrote. “It’s how different customers will see you in DMs the place a buddy nickname is just not set, in servers the place a server nickname is just not set, and elsewhere like buddy requests.”
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