Thanks for your feedback — this change is intentional, as we frequently update our safety solutions in an effort to keep users of all ages safe on our platform.
As part of this, we want to let you know about changes going into effect today and over the next several weeks:
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Starting today, we are temporarily disabling visibility of previous usernames in user profiles.
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We will permanently disable visibility of previous usernames in Search, starting in Early December.
What we’re changing today
In order to prevent users from being able to see violating usernames on the platform, we are temporarily removing the previous username functionality in user profiles. This will occur for usernames regardless of whether they were previously moderated or not.
What we’re changing in December
In early December, we will re-enable the ability for users to see previous usernames in user profiles. Instead, we will disable the ability for users to see previous usernames in Search. At that time, when a user types in a specific username into the search bar, and a user profile is displayed, it will no longer appear with the previous username below the existing username. Instead, only the current username will appear below the displayname.
