Comment by EpicSketches on 24/02/2020 at 21:29 UTC

557 upvotes, 7 direct replies (showing 7)

View submission: Spring forward… into Reddit’s 2019 transparency report

When will you let us change our usernames?

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Comment by spez at 24/02/2020 at 22:26 UTC

814 upvotes, 20 direct replies

I can't promise a timeline, but we have the technology.

Comment by t1lewis at 24/02/2020 at 21:46 UTC

12 upvotes, 0 direct replies

But you gotta make sure people know how epic your sketches are

Comment by MechanizedProduction at 25/02/2020 at 00:46 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I'm willing to bet that (at least at some point in the recent past) Reddit's databases used usernames as a primary key, instead of treating it like a "normal" field like an email address.

Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2020 at 06:11 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

So reddit would be turning into yet another lame ass social site instead of continuing as a forum it was?

Comment by craft6886 at 25/02/2020 at 21:11 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yes please, I cobbled my username together back in high school while I was running late for band practice. I'd love to keep my post history and karma and whatnot but have a better username more in line with what I'd come up with today.

Comment by cat17839474 at 25/02/2020 at 00:23 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Oh man i have wanted this for so long. I didn't know i would be staying, this was supposed to be a testing acc

Comment by kcg5 at 25/02/2020 at 00:49 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Seriously, those of us that have been here for years would looooove to change it up