Request HN: An open source list of disallowed usernames

21 points

13 years ago

Hey HN, I would like to compile a list of disallowed usernames that will be open-source. I'm sure most of you use a pre-compiled list of usernames that you don't want people to signup with for your startup. I'm trying to build a bigger, useful and open source version of the same list.

For example, you wouldn't want someone signing up with 'support' or 'admin' as username, right? That would mean they would be able to generate a URL like http://example.com/support or http://support.example.com.

I'm planning on consolidating this list into one single huge database that all startups can benefit from. Hence, as a humble request, I kindly ask you to donate me your list so we can put everything in one place, together!

You can contribute via Github: https://github.com/dsignr/Disallowed-usernames

Let's get this list up so everyone of us can benefit from it. Thanks!

Neya

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