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Be warned people. You might find accounts you don't remember making. lmao A trip down memory lane.
The only username you should use more than once is your real name.
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I think it would be useful to show the networks that the username cannot be found on.
Thats a good thought. I was considering it but was worried about "cluttering" the site
I searched for my username and was shocked it was used on literally every website you checked. Then I tried a less common variant and was similarly shocked, until I realized that you were showing me fewer websites the second time around. Only then did I realize you only showed me sites where it was already claimed…
You should also mention you are using Sherlock as the underlying backend which does that actual searching as you did in this post. https://old.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/z1ts1n/i_built_an_a... S̵h̵e̵r̵l̵o̵c̵k̵ ̵u̵s̵e̵s̵ ̵M̵I̵T̵ ̵l̵i̵c̵e̵n̵s̵e̵ ̵a̵n̵d̵ ̵y̵o̵u̵ ̵s̵t̵i̵l̵l̵ ̵h̵a̵v̵e̵n̵'̵t̵ ̵a̵d̵d̵e̵d̵ ̵M̵I̵T̵ ̵l̵i̵c̵e̵n̵s̵e̵ ̵t̵o̵ ̵y̵o̵u̵r̵ ̵r̵e̵p̵o̵.̵ https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock https://github.com/bn…
You should also mention you are using Sherlock as the underlying backend which does that actual searching as you did in this post. https://old.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/z1ts1n/i_built_an_a... S̵h̵e̵r̵l̵o̵c̵k̵ ̵u̵s̵e̵s̵ ̵M̵I̵T̵ ̵l̵i̵c̵e̵n̵s̵e̵ ̵a̵n̵d̵ ̵y̵o̵u̵ ̵s̵t̵i̵l̵l̵ ̵h̵a̵v̵e̵n̵'̵t̵ ̵a̵d̵d̵e̵d̵ ̵M̵I̵T̵ ̵l̵i̵c̵e̵n̵s̵e̵ ̵t̵o̵ ̵y̵o̵u̵r̵ ̵r̵e̵p̵o̵.̵ https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock https://github.com/bn…
Second sentence in the README file on github is "This app is a wrapper around The Sherlock Project" (last edited 5h before posting) and second sentence in the UI is "This project is a wrapper around the Sherlock Project."
A warning: an account could be suspended (since many still cannot let you remove it), and by logging in again you end up re-activating.
just be aware
Great tool I used it to find all social accounts of my ex. Anyway, got to go as I am outside her house and don't want to miss her leaving for work. /s if it wasn't obvious. Cool tool.
Personally I have a specific scheme I follow w my more private usernames. Basically the same username but depending on the website it has a predictable alteration to it so I get different usernames for different sites but don't have to remember them all
Then I have a different username (well, a couple) I use for sites where I don't mind having a public presence that can be tied back together
My username here is found on only 50, the other 49 not me.
It might be a useful tool to pre-check names before creating accounts for someone who wants a consistent name everywhere.
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what I find annoying is that (other than HN) most places won't let you claim your username if the person has signed up, yet never posted over years (or even logged in) and places where an account was deleted. when I signed up to HN, I had a different username. I reached out to admins and they looked at the other account that had been created but they let me have it because the person hadn't logged in since. Oh! I thi…
That sounds like a bad idea. Why would it be a good idea to recycle usernames like that?
I mean, obviously I'll live but it's a silly situation.