tl;dr Can someone confirm that the usernames shown below are not Discourse-generated (so they’re likely spam accounts)? We have a low activity forum that got a wave of AI spam and bot activity that I am struggling to clean up. There are many new accounts that are unconfirmed and haven’t posted. Some of them have “unusual” usernames: [image] They do, however, have readable “names”, just not “usernames”. Can someone please confirm that Discourse will never auto-generate such usernames, so that I can ensure I don’t accidentally delete legitimate users? It’s been a long time since I signed up for any Discourse forum so I no longer remember the process.

They’re spam. See the discussion here. At this rate I really think a greater solution should be considered by the platform.

¿Se generan automáticamente los nombres de usuario?

Soporte del producto

putty (putty) 5 Noviembre, 2026 13:50 2

A este ritmo, realmente creo que la plataforma debería considerar una solución más adecuada.

Tema		Respuestas	Vistas
Generic “userN” usernames Product Support	12	2688	27 Octubre 2021
Auto-assign random, anonymous usernames Product Support	12	2170	9 Mayo 2025
Potential spammer accounts being created General	5	515	27 Abril 2024
Features to encourage "nice" usernames? Feature	9	1172	2 Marzo 2022
What are these? Product Support	2	68	3 Noviembre 2026