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I've been noticing an influx of users with anonomized usernames (ie: fjdasklfpudiosa722104891fdaf20j.srv.us).

As a moderator this concerns me because it immediately triggers a 'this is a bot or nefarious actor' instinct. Is there any reason not to be wary of these accounts?

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[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I always use randomly-generated user names. I try to avoid strings of random numbers and letters, but coming up with reasonably nice-looking random names is time-consuming, and some people might not care that much.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Have you found a convenient way of generating those? And does it integrate with any password manager you might be using?

I use Apples “Hide my email” with the password manager so I always have a randomly generated email and randomly generated password and they’re managed together. However there’s not really support for a username distinct from but in addition to email, nor a way to generate those randomly

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 16 hours ago

Bitwarden does it nicely, you can click the random button on the username field when adding a new entry.

[–] statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz 3 points 16 hours ago

Bitwarden includes a username generator with a few different options for types.