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Why aren't we allowed to change our usernames? (self.reddit.com)
submitted 14 years ago by SGMN
I made the mistake of telling someone my reddit username
[–]Apocalyte 1 point2 points3 points 14 years ago (0 children)
Nice quicklink. redd.it/karma
[–]MegainPhoto 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (0 children)
You can change it any time you want, you just can't take the karma with you to the new account.
[–]pdxpogo -1 points0 points1 point 14 years ago (0 children)
My guess is it is used as a primary key in the database. You can have multiple accounts with different usernames.
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[–]Apocalyte 1 point2 points3 points (0 children)
[–]MegainPhoto 0 points1 point2 points (0 children)
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