[jeremyjh]

This is perfectly safe as long as you keep your username a secret.

[ndsipa_pomu]

I try to use stars as my username, but a lot of places won't allow it

[brookst]

Yeah it’s one of those words that gets snapped up early, like https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=stars

[ndsipa_pomu]

That doesn't look like a well used account - how do I get it transferred to me?

Edit: never mind, I guessed the password as it was only five stars.