# Easier account signup using email codes

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-account-signup-using-email-codes/407068
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** login, signup
**Created:** [July 13, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-account-signup-using-email-codes/407068 "2026-07-13T01:20:43Z")
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### Author: ![rishabh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rishabh/32/179446_2.png) [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-account-signup-using-email-codes/407068/23 "2026-08-19T11:16:05Z")

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> [@DomMcD](#):
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> I don’t want to force users to spelunk around in settings right after signup just to set a username that isn’t “user63”.

> [@Moin](#):
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> I agree. Those generic usernames make interacting with users more confusing. Since users by default only have 3 days to update the names, I expect that frequently they will notice after that time has passed, so staff needs to take care of renaming them.

Are you not seeing this step during account creation?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/4/4/644a18c5716519123342790675c9a3a63e0c15df.png)

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