honestly of all the dogshit changes they've ever made this isn't even in the top 10. having an extra friend code field to identify users just so you can have the illusion of reuasable handles is goofy, especially in addition to display names. good example of how users will always object to a design change just because it's different.

[–] THIRD_WORLDIST@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

take so bad I just shat myself

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

unshits you gaze upon at my take

but for real tho, i'm right. if i'm trying to tell someone to add me, i don't wanna have to open the app to check what my special party-assigned numbers are when i already have a username that i chose for the purpose of identifying me.

[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, my favorite part of creating an account on any given website checks notes having my first ten username ideas already taken.

fuck that, the previous system was the perfect solution.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

if you're that devoted to the idea of differentiating yourself with four random digits, there's nothing preventing you from stapling them to the end of your name

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

but for real tho, i'm right.

what a cringe thing to say