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?
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.
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
I use random websites that don’t require Javascript, tbh, and manually paste the name into KeePassXC.
Bitwarden includes a username generator with a few different options for types.
Bitwarden does it nicely, you can click the random button on the username field when adding a new entry.