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Comment by Bjartr | Hacker News Reader

Not a complete solution, but for those who might not know, Discord allows you to choose a name per-server.

The user id though will burn you though. People who use something like BetterDiscord will be able to easily spot it (as well as your join date).

I'd recommend just using the browser to make an alt.

Some servers I'm in has notifications when you join, and then if you ever leave it also has a passive aggressive notification like "OK BYE I guess!!"

Mods in smaller communities frequently greet everyone. If you pop in to check something then leave, you might as well @everyone that they're not good enough for you so you're out.

That said, Threads seem like they could have some functionality in some technical discords.

Elsewhere in this thread I’ve claimed people should use the web app with a password manager. Sometimes you’ll get a “new login detected” thing and be asked to authenticate your current ip address via email. That can be a headache when switching accounts but you can easily just use an email client which supports multiple email addresses without having to manually log in and out again.

Too much friction for some tasks. Forums and their features/flaws are better than Discord for some things.

Only if the guild allows nicknames to be set manually. Not all do. And your actual username when @ mentioned still is the same.

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