| I always had trouble coming up with usernames since the dawn of time known as Microsoft Windows 95. What do you think makes a good username? Do you think you have a good username or not? Are there usernames other than your own you find good? What makes an username easier to remember? |
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| Forced69 was taken or I would have a great username. You can still change yours, there is hope. |
| Something with no double letters and no arbitrary big numbers at the end. If you want a good one, just look at mine-- Oh well, bollocks. |
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| Something that is unique and that resonates with you/can identify with. |
| “Loddfafnir, listen to my counsel: You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it. If aware that another is wicked, say so: Make no truce or treaty with foes.” - Havamal 127 |
| Usually my username correlates with my feelings about the site or I just combine two random words. |
| Numbers. Any fake name needs a couple of numbers thrown in there! |
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| you can tell if you have a good username when you search it in google and you're the only one that pops up |
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| No numbers or symbols, is simple but original, and a single word is probably better. I think mine is ok. Somehow glyth is already taken so I added master. If the guy stays inactive I should be given the right to take it. |
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| I'd pretty much come up with a username that's short and relatable.~☆ |
 サディスティックな考え "JUST KILL ME." サディスティックマインド |
| 1. Unique, not something you'd ever have to worry about other people taking. 2. Easy to remember, something short but that still stick in your head. 3. Clever, has an amusing origin or meaning. I'd argue mine falls under those three but unfortunately it breaks the secret forth rule of not being cringe. If somebody I know finds out I have a YouTube Channel and asks what it is I hate having to say my Channel's name lol I feel like such a weeb but when I hit 100K and got the award with Kyotosomo written on it, became too late to switch. Came up with the name back in like 5th grade back when all the kids at school thought Japan was cool because all the best toys and games were coming from there (Pokemon, Beyblade, Bakugon, Yugioh, Digimon, etc) so I tried to come up with a Japanese name (Kyoto came to mind first even though it's a city lol) and I also added wanted to add the honorific for someone of great respect (like a president or CEO or whatever) but I thought it was somo when it's actually sama haha. |
| I think a good username should be somewhat memorable and catchy. DiscoDespot has a nice flow to it, both words start with the same syllable and have the same vowel count, but it is somewhat memorable because it combines two words not usually associated with eachother. Bonus points if the username has some tie to the user's personality or taste. The only meaning behind my name is that some co-worker used to call me the dictator since I wouldn't let him listen to his terrible music in my car. (Lanadelray and Lourde, puke.) Edit: I am also a big fan of disco, so theres that too..... |
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| My personal preference is something simple with no numbers and no weird spaces or underscores, usually only one word as well. The only problem is that most of those usernames are already taken on every site/game/whatever. |
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| I don't like numbers in them, also capitalizing makes usernames more aesthetically pleasing to me. Other than that, I think any username can become a good (or bad) one if the user is somehow notable on the forum or website. Also, @Yarub can elaborate on this more thanks to our discussions on the subject, but just mashing a random edgy adjective and an equally edgy random noun together is just cringetown to the max. |
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| What you wanna do is have a name ending in the letter Y followed by a number followed by a body part. Bobby2Hands, Johnny4Thumbs, Suzy6Nipples Something like that. |
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| When it's your actual name, which is why I chose mine. |
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| When it contains nothing but Arabic numerals, obviously. |
| It should be creative, have a pun or two, say something about your interests or attitude and be easy to remember. For instance, jal90 is a thoughtful parody of the evil supercomputer from 2001: A space Odyssey, which aligns with my tastes and love for cinema, which works as a pun and is a perfect reference for a nickname that only exists in the virtual world. Similarly, "jal" is an acronym of my tastes in fiction. J stands for "jokes", because I like comedy, A for "anime", which should be obvious since I'm here, and L for "life", because I'm a slice of life fan. If you are clever enough you may have noticed that Jal sounds similar to MAL, and it's of course an intended parody. |
| there are no good user names unless ur a girl then anything cute sounding is good if ur a guy then your user name will never be cool so i just started using random letters as my username over the years and now i have a folder which contains my names around different services, here are some examples fdsjkfhskjkh gfdgdsdasg hgffdsfdsfsd gjfdkfjdgkfdjgfdk  you get the idea why even bother any more i wish i could disappear |
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| All usernames are equal but some are more equal than others. |
| A treasure the color of the rainbow, the color of happiness |
| The shorter the username the better! |
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| Has to one or more of the following: -politically charged -religiously charged -gender intolerant -something -something something -098hj938rh0a98eryfup984h32p89yh89ahdspf98ahwpr98hp198hlkj |
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| my username is the best because i said so |
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| As long as its short and easy to remember |
| You gotta use cool letters like 'A' or 'N'. Yes, lots of A's and maybe some L's, too. |
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| short memorable & easy to pronounce liek domain names |
Deleted_404 said: Exactly this. Something that has some history behind instead of plain old "cause it sounded cool". A meaning behind it, in my opinion. . |
Flevalt said: You can just copy and paste the name or just mark, right-click and "search..." instead of typing it. Also, MAL and many other websites don't support characters for usernames from other alphabets for technical/security reasonsAnd the best usernames are those containing symbols that look exactly like they are other normal symbols, but aren't. Such that finding them over searches becomes impossible for the layman. 024 said: The shortest possible are 2 letters and only "ai", "an", "in", and "no" comes to mind. Though come to think of, numbers could be also used to have some (not so) hidden meaningsThe shorter the username the better! |
| i dont think about it at all, in fact you could say it never even crosses my mind. |
| Maybe a good username allows others to remember you even after 10 years later... |
| it has always been random bullshit to me, but my particular name was recommended to be by a good friend on mabinogi |
| no numbers or all numbers. todd573358 is what i'd call a bad username. all number usernames are kinda funny, though. |
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| My username is the best. Take inspiration from mine for a good name. |
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| Make it Unique. Or attractive if you want to attract a certain group/type of people. |
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| make it be a topic starter. like mine comes from Japanese slang/combination. its the concept of a couple under an umbrella. |
| A reference to a classic piece of literature. A color. A word that means magic-wielding person. I think if you combined all three of those elements then put them in to one username it would be pretty sweet... |
| “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Aggregate scoring is bad for the anime fandom |
| for me, it have to be funny, has hidden meaning and original (not a secondhanded/recycled name) |
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Okay! Fucking fine! I will stop terrorizing Greta Thunberg under my alias. Mods please change my username to Nazara. Jesus.  |
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| I think you have a good username if it's recognizable in some way to others or it has some meaning to you. For example I wanted the username Kuki, since that's what all my family, cousins and gf etc. call me, but it was taken so I had to do with aKukiz. |
| Who needs signatures anyway? |
| A good username is catchy and elegant. It gets plus points when the username, avatar, signature, and how that account posts gets copied by another person in another forum. |
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