When the changes are rolled out, display names will be your old username without the discriminator by default. They can also be changed without any rate limits. Display names will be the way you primarily appear and can contain any characters. Usernames can be changed but will be subjected to "relaxed" rate limits. Usernames will now need to be unique and can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, full stops and underscores. Newscast: Can Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal appeal succeed? The new changes will remove the need for the discriminator, meaning you don't have to remember the random number combination when trying to add friends. Your previous username and discriminator will continue to function as an alias, so friends will still be able to find you.Discord has announced changes to usernames, after taking feedback on their format.Īt present, usernames are case sensitive and have a four digit identifier, called a discriminator, appended to create a unique username. If you've been on the site (founded in 2015) for a long time, you'll get priority over newer users, Discord said. The new system will be implemented over "the coming weeks," and you'll receive a message when it's possible to do so. The company said that the usernames are "too complicated or obscure" for people to remember. The original aim with the four-digit tags was to allow you to choose any username you wanted, but it has now become "technical debt," according to Discord. "We know that your username and identity are important, and we understand that some of you may not like this change and disagree with it." "The whole point of these changes is that we want to make it a lot easier for you and all the new users coming to Discord to connect and hang out with friends," co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy wrote in a blog post. However, the new system will give everyone a unique username, much like Twitter, Instagram and other services.
Up until now, the company has appended four-digit tags to identities as a way to distinguish people with the same username. Discord is making " big changes" to how identities work on the platform, a move that will force you to change your username, The Verge reported.
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