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by bchanudet 2069 days ago
FWIW you can have different handles in each Discord Server, it's under right click on the server icon > Change Nickname. Seems to affect mentions also (something that didn't until recently IIRC), so your original usertag should be completely invisible.

The only thing though I found out not possible to customize per server is the avatar picture, for some reason. But I already use the same for personal and professional communications so it didn't bother me too much.
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thaumasiotes 2069 days ago
> FWIW you can have different handles in each Discord Server, it's under right click on the server icon > Change Nickname. Seems to affect mentions also (something that didn't until recently IIRC), so your original usertag should be completely invisible.

Nope. The different handle on a server is there for other people's benefit, not for yours. Anyone who sends you a direct message will see your actual Discord handle.

I can't fathom why it's implemented this way, but it is.

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deadbunny 2069 days ago
> I can't fathom why it's implemented this way, but it is.

I would hazard a guess that it's because the vast majority of people want a single login for a single app.

I know I certainly prefer the discord one account many servers approach over the slack one server one logon.

Obviously the 1:1 relationship makes sense for slack as it's targeted at businesses, a lot of whom use a centralised user directory of some kind (SSO/LDAP etc...) but having to create a new user/pass to join every discord server would get old very fast.

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thaumasiotes 2068 days ago
What is the connection between having a single login and disclosing a username to someone you've gone out of your way to hide it from?

There isn't one.

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Alphaeus 2068 days ago
It's a nickname, not a feature to hide your account name.
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