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		plusminusplus on Nov 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Username cannot contain 'clyde' If you use a + sign in your email, some services accept it at sign up but not later on, when users try to update it.

fire on Nov 22, 2022 [–]

yeah, I've had this happen a number of times because the service was treating the `+` as a space in either the signup or the update, and I've had some success forcing it by replacing `+` with `%2B`

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