#1963: Namespace Land Rush
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Namespace Land Rush Cheat Sheet (Note: if an item is "quoted", it is meant literally, otherwise the reader is supposed to substitute their own information for words in <angle brackets>)
When a new service appears that lets you register a name, here are some you may want to try and get first:
- Straightforward
- <Your usual username, if any>
- <Your given name>
- <Your full name>
- <Initial><Surname>
- <Surname> (Bold & Slightly Unconventional)
- Recognizable
- "Google"
- "iPhone"
- "Facebook"
- "BitCoin"
- "Obama"
- "Canada"
- "NFL"
- "Garfield"
- <Your city>
- "NASA"
- <Name of person who runs the service>
- Causing Trouble
- "User"
- "Username"
- "Name"
- "You"
- "Guest"
- "Account"
- Causing More Trouble
- "Admin"
- "Administrator"
- "System"
- <Name of service>
- "Help"
- "Error"
- Impossible to Say
- "Hyphen-Emdash"
- "Dash-8hyphen-8"
- "Zero0ne2numeral2"
- "KrisasinHemsworth"
- "TheWord&Ampersand"
- "ZettaWith3Teees"
- Misc
- <Single Letters>
- <Single Numbers>
- <Common Words>
- <SQL/JS Injection>
- "ASDF"
- "QWERTY"
- "Yes"
- "Bot"
- "Computer"
- "Blocked"
- "Deleted"
- "Jeeves"
- "Narrator"
- "Internet"
- "NPC"
- "Password"
- Permissive Character Sets
- <Space>
- <NBSP>
- <RTL override>
- <Any emoji>
- "&NBSP;"
- "</HTML>"
- "</HTML>"
- one or more of the following symbols: @ é | “ ” \ . # " ‘ – - _ / ’ ' `
- "," (including quote marks)
- "OkThisIsKindOfConfusingButIt's<LessThan\ForwardSlashHTMLGreaterThanActualGreaterThanSymbol>Yes,ThatWasAllPartOfTheName,ButSoIs...Ok,LetMeStartOver”"
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:You can also just mash the keyboard at random, but you might end up with a gibberish name no one can pronounce.