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2 pointsRealityWinner4y ago8 comments

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dang4y ago

Sorry for the offtopicness, but unless you're Reality Winner, can you please pick a different username? Using a well-known person's name falls into the category of trollish usernames, which we don't allow here: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

If you reply with a different username you want, or email hn@ycombinator.com, we'll be happy to rename your account.

RealityWinnerOP4y ago

Hi there Dang, I've been using the name 'RealityWinner' since before the person Reality Winner came to light. I can verify that with my long standing github account with the same username.

dang4y ago

Hmm. But the HN account is only 17 days old.

The problem is that some people are going to react as if the name is trolling, whether it is or not (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...). Since the account is only a couple weeks old, I feel like we should just rename it to avoid woe. It's not the worst case, of course.

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dang4y ago

If you reply with a different username you want, or email hn@ycombinator.com, we'll be happy to rename your account.

RealityWinnerOP4y ago

Hi there Dang, I've been using the name 'RealityWinner' since before the person Reality Winner came to light. I can verify that with my long standing github account with the same username.

dang4y ago

Hmm. But the HN account is only 17 days old.

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