Old code comment: "NB: HN usernames are cAsE SensiTivE"

4 pointsmankins5mo ago2 comments

In 10+ year old code I saw this comment that said HN usernames are case sensitive. It doesn't look like this is true anymore, thankfully. Can anyone confirm?

2 comments

al_borland5mo ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mankinS

and

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mankinas

Both lead to your profile. I suspect if they were case sensitive this wouldn’t be the case.

Leftium5mo ago

I used to be unable to log in unless I entered my username with a capital L.

I just tried with a lowercase L and it worked.

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