# Prevent Google OAuth2 users getting username "user1", "user2"...?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-google-oauth2-users-getting-username-user1-user2/379798
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 22, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-google-oauth2-users-getting-username-user1-user2/379798 "2025-08-22T07:59:01Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-google-oauth2-users-getting-username-user1-user2/379798/9 "2025-08-23T18:41:36Z")

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I would much prefer that, myself. I’d rather see people mash the keyboard and come up with a nonsense username (or hook into a [username generator API](https://randomusernameapi.github.io/)) than end up with a bunch of `userN`.

I can’t quite imagine a reason to prefer `userN`, but if I’m missing something, maybe an optional setting could make everyone happy.

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