# Random usernames?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-usernames/412934
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 21, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-usernames/412934 "2026-09-21T16:25:56Z")
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### Author: ![stephtara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephtara/32/517827_2.png) [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-usernames/412934/1 "2026-09-21T16:25:56Z")

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The two last people who signed up on my discourse platform (self-hosted) have usernames like PoutyTurtle58 — is this a new feature or something that has always been possible and by coincidence it never happened before? Is there a setting for this?

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