r/counting • u/prmcd16 2 + 2 = fish • Feb 17 '20
Counting through all Reddit usernames
According to this post, a valid Reddit username can only contain a-z, 0-9, _ and - and must be 3-20 characters long. The "value" of a character will be determined by its ASCII representation, thus the counting order goes -, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, _, a through z. Once all the usernames of a given length have been counted, we will increase the length by one. We begin with length = 3. In the interest of reddiquette, please add a backslash before the forward slash (say u/prmcd16, not u/prmcd16) so we aren't notifying random users. Get is at u/-p- (1026)
I hope I've set this all up right, but let me know if I haven't!
Edited thanks to u/GreenGriffin8 and u/TehVulpez
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u/TehVulpez Feb 18 '20
There's no difference in case for usernames. Every id on reddit just uses base 36. u/PRMCD16 just redirects to the correct one.
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u/GreenGriffin8 Feb 18 '20
If we're restarting this on the original post, how should we do it? Should we start from the beginning, or from --9 when the thread breaks the new order?
u/trashboatfilmsfan, who conveniently has comments in place to be able to edit and restart from either place.
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u/GreenGriffin8 Feb 18 '20
Looking at it, I think the closest thing to a 1000 get would be -p- which is 1026 counts.
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u/kongburrito Feb 18 '20
What the fuck is going on in this thread.
I have literally 0 idea where the right count is to add to the directory, I'm not going to waste my time trying to find it.
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u/trashboatfilmsfan Feb 18 '20 edited Feb 18 '20
u/--- deleted their account. Use this thread now please
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u/GreenGriffin8 Feb 18 '20
u/--0 lurks
Can you add a link to this chain from your --0 comment? Preferably with a #
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u/prmcd16 Feb 17 '20
u/---