Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

#1

Post by luu » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 3:11 AM UTC

Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub
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Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

#2

Post by sixthDot » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 3:22 AM UTC

There's a similar issue on gitlab : https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/255108.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

#3

Post by gcau » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 4:36 AM UTC

I have a 2 letter github username and get tagged often, I sometimes "approve the PR".

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by Tomte » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 4:41 AM UTC

gcau wrote: post #3

I have a 2 letter github username and get tagged often, I sometimes "approve the PR".

GitHub even sends me a notification mail when my two letters appear in some large base64-encoded string.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

#5

Post by mkl » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 4:43 AM UTC

I got tagged by accident like this once, and it took me ages to figure out why I was getting emailed about an obscure issue on something I'd never heard of. I think the UX for both parties could be improved quite a bit.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

#6

Post by ukd1 » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 4:43 AM UTC

I've got a three letter twitter (/x?) handle it happens all the time. It's not quite annoying enough to change my username though.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

#7

Post by low_tech_punk » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 4:45 AM UTC

Someone should claim the username "mention". It's gonna be wildly successful.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by jrockway » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 4:46 AM UTC

That's funny. Sometimes people experiencing a bug @ me because I've recently contributed to the repository. I just reply "LGTM Approved" and then they get mad. I'm like, I don't care what you check into this project. It's not mine!

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by TylerE » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 4:48 AM UTC

ukd1 wrote: post #6

I've got a three letter twitter (/x?) handle it happens all the time. It's not quite annoying enough to change my username though.

I have my HN username at gmail, and the novelty... wears off. So many recipts, confirmations, random bccs... Where it gets really ugly is gmail's (incredibly dumb, imo) feature where dots don't matter. I've had mulitple people get quite insistent that they own the email tyler.e gmail, which of course routes to...

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

#10

Post by muzani » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 4:49 AM UTC

I try to register @null wherever I go. Most places don't allow it, and the one place that did force changed the name at one point.