# Invites assume user ID will be derived from email address

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-assume-user-id-will-be-derived-from-email-address/59870>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [25.Март.2017 00:04:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-assume-user-id-will-be-derived-from-email-address/59870 "2017-03-25T00:04:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_Coombes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jim_coombes/32/113642_2.png) [@Jim\_Coombes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jim_Coombes)\
**Post date:** [26.Март.2017 00:17:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-assume-user-id-will-be-derived-from-email-address/59870/5 "2017-03-26T00:17:55Z")

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I have already used the Customize - Text Content substitution feature to replace “username” with “callsign” in as many places as possible (9 so far). That ability as already dramatically almost eliminated people signing up with odd IDs rather than their call sign. I didn’t need CSS to do that.  
Jim

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