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Since usernames are only unique to the instance it's created on, what's to stop someone from creating a copycat username in order to impersonate another user?

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[โ€“] z0m_a@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] jalda@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I'm Your Huckleberry and so's my wife