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Comment by weakened_malloc

15 days ago

Just a regular old username + password, kind of like HN allows?

I feel like email overtook usernames because it was more likely to be unique/memorable. I hate when websites ask me to remember a username (even though I'm using a password manager so I should really just calm down.)

  • Usernames are no less likely to be unique and memorable than an email. You presumably chose something memorable for your email, so just enter that without the @foo.com bit. There, memorable and probably unique.

    • That's what I set the defaults to in Authentik. Of course, you do have to watch out for poorly-designed systems that have "reserved" usernames.