# Usernames on top, lifting username length restrictions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-on-top-lifting-username-length-restrictions/14747>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [Avril 14, 2014, 3:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-on-top-lifting-username-length-restrictions/14747 "2014-04-14T03:30:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [Mai 3, 2014, 10:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-on-top-lifting-username-length-restrictions/14747/18 "2014-05-03T10:11:59Z")

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> [@geek](#):
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> My initial reaction was “Why is this person replying to themselves at the top of their post?”

Yeah I was struggling a bit with that as well. Perhaps the date stamp should be moved next to the username? Example mockup:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/e/ef970959acd05b1cbcdbf81731dae51c992b7b55.png)  
The datestamp is a very simple yet effective way of saying “This person posted on this date”.

Also see this [live example from esoTalk](http://esotalk.org/forum/600-esotalk-1-0-0g3-released), which I think have some other interesting ideas as well (it’s like Discourse’s PHP sibling!).

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