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0 pointsdistantsounds8y ago0 comments

your account name is not the same as your display name, which you can customize on a per-server basis. Also, signups are done via email. And your "username" is not unique by design, it gives you a numeric identity alongside it (much like how Blizzard's battle tags work).

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lewisl90298y ago

I wish you could also change your profile picture per-server. I'd like to be able to use the same account for work and play, and this is my only blocker.

AFNobody8y ago

The account was disabled immediately after registration.

jhgg8y ago

That doesn't sound right. Can you email me the email you signed up with? jh@discordapp.com

We definitely don't have any rules that hard auto disable accounts.

AFNobody8y ago

If I have to say something on HN to get a response, the answer is No since I contacted Discord bout it when it originally happened. You can go find that email if you supposedly 'care' and reply to it.

Ah, you've changed it to say its an invalid email when I tried using the same service again. ;)

Also the original account is gone now so yay I guess? Someone went back and deleted instead of disabling them.

https://i.imgur.com/DMiTLfo.png

I'm guessing someone discovered the email service I used originally and disabled the account before I ever bothered to actually use it.

> We definitely don't have any rules that hard auto disable accounts.

You actively oppose privacy and block registration now instead of disabling them. I guess there was a policy change but (honestly) I don't care.

Y'all actively created rules in attempt to block average users from having some privacy on your platform.

scrollaway8y ago

Hold on, I get using disposable email addresses (I use them all the time), but I'm not sure why you are concerned about Discord knowing your email address when it's going to literally know everything you type into it (in other words, messaging history).

It's a bit like being concerned about gmail requiring your real name to sign up. I mean, yeah, but, what?

FWIW I signed up years ago and never received a single email from them outside of the initial signup one and any I requested.

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lewisl90298y ago

I wish you could also change your profile picture per-server. I'd like to be able to use the same account for work and play, and this is my only blocker.

AFNobody8y ago

The account was disabled immediately after registration.

jhgg8y ago

That doesn't sound right. Can you email me the email you signed up with? jh@discordapp.com

We definitely don't have any rules that hard auto disable accounts.

AFNobody8y ago

Ah, you've changed it to say its an invalid email when I tried using the same service again. ;)

Also the original account is gone now so yay I guess? Someone went back and deleted instead of disabling them.

https://i.imgur.com/DMiTLfo.png

I'm guessing someone discovered the email service I used originally and disabled the account before I ever bothered to actually use it.

> We definitely don't have any rules that hard auto disable accounts.

You actively oppose privacy and block registration now instead of disabling them. I guess there was a policy change but (honestly) I don't care.

Y'all actively created rules in attempt to block average users from having some privacy on your platform.

scrollaway8y ago

It's a bit like being concerned about gmail requiring your real name to sign up. I mean, yeah, but, what?

FWIW I signed up years ago and never received a single email from them outside of the initial signup one and any I requested.

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