# Why don't discourse use email name to create username?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 11, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197 "2015-03-11T02:10:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197/2 "2016-06-01T09:42:23Z")

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One heuristic that comes to mind is this:

> if the auto-created full name contains more than 3 `_` characters  
> use the email address name instead

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