(i dont know if this should go into #Feedback, #Bungie, or # Community but whatever)
I know how the number is given/made (if you go to your profile page the last 7 numbers of the URL is your number), but i have to ask why are all of the new member's ID names not the same as their user name?
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'I am not a number! - I am a free man!'
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It looks like newer members have seven digits, but older members have less.
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Every user has what's called a "bungie.net membership id" or "mid" - that's the number you see. Mine is 1, for example. In order to streamline the create new user dialog, we don't ask for a unique name during account creation, we just ask for a display name and email, and set your unique ID to that unique number until you try and change it later. This way, you won't ever get a "that name has already been used" error trying to create an account, which, to some people, might be frustrating enough to abandon the account creation process.
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That's your unique user ID, it can be changed through the profile page.
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Edited by Obsric: 6/14/2013 6:16:34 PMWith multiple ways to create an account for the bNet, perhaps their Facebook accounts...?
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They haven't switched it to their username. You can switch your ID once every 7 days, it's just the default when new accounts are created.