The availability of three character usernames on Reddit [OC]

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jf808 on September 5th, 2018 at 21:03 UTC »

What's that wall in 2015? Was there a "TIL there are only 15,000 3-letter Reddit usernames left" post or something?

bzj on September 5th, 2018 at 22:01 UTC »

"Huh, that's really surprising. I've only had an account for..." (checks) "...six years. Oh."

1_Snail on September 5th, 2018 at 22:27 UTC »

OP has 4 letters in their username. I get the feeling they really wanted 3, and then got obsessed by why it was no longer possible.