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The usernames stuff was stupid, but pray tell. How did users get "screwed out of their usernames".
Did you know that when choosing a username you could just do your name and the number sans the hashtag and it's functionality exactly the same as before.
It was a stupid change and unnecessary, but nobody got screwed out of anything.
I'm sure most people got the username they wanted, definitely more than 1% anyways. But if more than one person had the same username, people would be "screwed out of their username"
Now if someone wants the same name they'd have to add numbers at the end, or something stupid like xX_
I lost my username. It sucked but I don't feel screwed. I do feel like the username change was not necessary.
But they went in order of sign up, so if they had used this model from the beginning those users still wouldn't have been able to get that username.
Not necessarily true. Celebrities and Nitro subscribers also got early picks, and it isn't like they wait for each person one-by-one: you are in a bucket with others who might get to your preferred username before you.