Reply to post: Use of email addresses as usernames

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Boothy
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Use of email addresses as usernames

I really wish they (whoever they are!) would ban the use of email addresses as user names, and simply let people pick a username instead.

I can understand sites (sometimes) needing to have an email address for confirmation of the account, or notifications, but that should just be a field you fill in when you sign up, not something used as a login itself!

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