Discord, which players use to form new communities and communicate with each other, announced a major change today. Usernames since inception according to a certain standard The platform is now saying goodbye to this standard.

On Discord, each user carried a code such as “#0000” next to their designated username (@username). Without this code and username you couldn’t find a user you wanted to find. Now this is changing.

Private usernames coming to Discord:

Discord, henceforth completely drop the code “#0000”. every user on behalf of a unique user announced that he would have This way, the same username will no longer be on Discord and everyone will have a unique name.

New user-specific usernames in Discord are also determined by Discord users. The platform announced that it will soon be asking all its users to set up custom usernames, without giving any date.

Next to the new username, there is now a “” as we saw on Twitter.Display name” also appears. Your display name is your name that appears on the screen in the messages you send and the servers you enter.

Characters that can be used in new usernames:

• latin letters (few)
• Numbers (0-9)
• Only underscores (_) and periods (.).

Username Rules:

• Minimum 2, maximum 32 characters long
• lower case only
• Points cannot be used twice in a row (like a..b)
• The username must follow the community guidelines
• Discord cannot spoof Discord team and Discord system messages
• Must not impersonate any individual, group or organization
• It cannot be intended to attack people, it cannot spread hatred.
• No sexual language

Characters that can be used for the display name:

The display name does not have the same restricted rules as the username. users, almost anything they want can add to their display names. In addition to Latin letters, spaces, emojis, capital letters and non-Latin letters can also be used.

Of course, there are no lines in the display name either:

• Minimum 1, maximum 32 characters long
• Must adhere to community guidelines
• Discord cannot spoof Discord team and Discord system messages
• Must not impersonate any individual, group or organization
• It cannot be intended to attack people, it cannot spread hatred.
• No sexual language

We won’t stop at username and display name either, there will be special names for servers and nicknames for friends:

Yes, Discord hasn’t stopped just moving to the Twitter-like system. You can now specify special names for servers. For example, your display name on one server might be “Phibi” while it might be “Wumpus” on another server.

However, you want nicknames for your friends You can also wear it. This way, your friend’s display name becomes a nickname that you specify.

When will Discord’s new change be released?

Discord has yet to provide a date for the username and display name change. Only to the following weeks orphan. In addition, it was stated that the notifications to be sent for the order of determining the username will be chronological based on the opening date of the accounts.