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Re: Show HN - usernique.com: Generate usernames and check availability

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Post by conroy »

trevorah wrote: post #2

Any feedback would be really cool...

You should add more services! I wrote http://handlehelp.com which checks for username availability across multiple sites. It's open source[1], so you can use some of my checks if you'd like.

[1]: https://github.com/kyleconroy/handlehelp

Re: Show HN - usernique.com: Generate usernames and check availability

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Post by trevorah »

conroy wrote: post #3
trevorah wrote: post #2

Any feedback would be really cool...

You should add more services! I wrote http://handlehelp.com which checks for username availability across multiple sites. It's open source[1], so you can use some of my checks if you'd like. [1]: https://github.com/kyleconroy/handlehelp

Good idea, thanks!

Re: Show HN - usernique.com: Generate usernames and check availability

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Post by citricsquid »

conroy wrote: post #3
trevorah wrote: post #2

Any feedback would be really cool...

You should add more services! I wrote http://handlehelp.com which checks for username availability across multiple sites. It's open source[1], so you can use some of my checks if you'd like. [1]: https://github.com/kyleconroy/handlehelp

Regarding the reddit check, a username can be unavailable for registration even if there is no profile, after an account is deleted the username is reserved forever. Not sure if there is any way to check if a username is actually available with out trying to register it. For example "citricsquid" is unavailable on reddit but your service reports it is available.

Re: Show HN - usernique.com: Generate usernames and check availability

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Post by nsp »

trevorah wrote: post #2

Any feedback would be really cool...

Could you include domain names (.com, maybe .io/.ly) and maybe Facebook url? If you had those this could be great for finding pronounceable names.

It's be great if you could set it so that it would just keep trying until it found one that was available on all services, but I can see that adding a ton of overhead, so I can see why you haven't done that yet.

Re: Show HN - usernique.com: Generate usernames and check availability

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Post by trevorah »

citricsquid wrote: post #6
conroy wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should add more services! I wrote http://handlehelp.com which checks for username availability across multiple sites. It's open source[1], so you can use some of my checks if you'd like. [1]: https://github.com/kyleconroy/handlehelp

Regarding the reddit check, a username can be unavailable for registration even if there is no profile, after an account is deleted the username is reserved forever. Not sure if there is any way to check if a username is actually available with out trying to register it. For example "citricsquid" is unavailable on reddit but your service reports it is available.

Damn, I only just added the reddit check. Looks like I might have to revert that...
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