• fuzzybee@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Take a look at the site, you’ll notice many usernames consisting of a random adjective or noun in front of a random noun and a random number at the back. Sometimes they are in camel case, sometimes they are separated by dashes or underscores.

    That’s the format of the usernames that Reddit suggests. That doesn’t really mean much.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, that’s why you need to check the profiles and look for the criteria I listed.

      I remember just one time where I falsely accused someone to be a bot based on that and I’ve done it about a hundred times.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      It always struck me as odd that so many users on Reddit were using the default generation scheme. No other site I’ve been on has so few people caring about the name they pick