On: We Need a New Username System

[kleer001]

Right? Lets look at mature-er systems like Linked-In. There's plenty of "John Smith" or "Jane Kim", but they're all represented as different people. No stress, ugh.

[minimaxir → kleer001]

LinkedIn allows users to choose a username for a unique link to their profile (e.g. https://linkedin.com/in/minimaxir ), which is subject to the same rules as normal usernames.

[kleer001 → minimaxir]

True. And that username is not in the main pipe for searching.