[deadbunny]

> 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.

[thaumasiotes]

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.

[Alphaeus]

It's a nickname, not a feature to hide your account name.