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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Comrade, it is OUR username

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On Reddit I’d link r/communism… Here I guess I just link lemmygrad?

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[email protected] (but take note that lemmy.world has defederated from them)

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Wtf no they didn’t https://lemmy.world/instances

Don’t give me a heart attack like that again

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Oh I was thinking about a different instance lol

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