Some servers on the chat app let you change the way your name appears. Here's how to customize it. Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital ...

Everyone has a nickname and that’s also true in Discord. Everytime you join a Discord server or create your own, you can either use your current username, or a nickname will be assigned to you.

Users of popular messaging platform Discord will need to change their usernames over the next few weeks, as the site overhauls the system for the first time in its eight-year history. The service, ...

A Discord ID is a unique 18-digit number that's tied to your account, every message you send, and every server that you join.

Discord is making a rather big change for usernames on the platform. With gaming expanding in major ways within the last few years and allowing players to play with each on various platforms, Discord ...

Bottom line: Nearly half of all Discord friend requests fail because the service's case-sensitive usernames with four-digit attachments are too difficult for many users to remember. This is the main ...

Discord is a mess. That’s not just one fuddy-duddy tech writer’s opinion, it’s effectively the official word from Discord itself. As part of an effort to be more straightforward and user-friendly, the ...

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