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Old code comment: "NB: HN usernames are cAsE SensiTivE"

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In 10+ year old code I saw this comment that said HN usernames are case sensitive. It doesn't look like this is true anymore, thankfully. Can anyone confirm?

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https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mankinS

and

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mankinas

Both lead to your profile. I suspect if they were case sensitive this wouldn’t be the case.

I used to be unable to log in unless I entered my username with a capital L.

I just tried with a lowercase L and it worked.

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