This has nothing to do with left or right. And there are left's that feel the same about not able commenting and speaking their mind. It must be a bug though. My account is quite old too.
"The username violates our guidelines"
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I tried commenting on an article for the first time today. When i went to sign up and agree to the terms a window said in red letters "The username violates our guidelines"...
my username is my first and last name so I don't understand why I'm seeing this. There is no option to dispute on screen https://account.microsoft.com/profile?ocid=msedgntp
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Anonymous
2022-02-17T20:50:25+00:00 Yes, Microsoft doesn't like to fix things when they break, either.
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Anonymous
2022-02-17T00:19:12+00:00 I'm having this problem with Firefox. Hmmm.
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Anonymous
2022-02-17T00:17:20+00:00 This isn't an edge issue, as my other browsers have the same problem.
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2022-02-16T23:18:11+00:00 I didn't have to do anything in another browser (I used Microsoft Edge) and I have no idea why mine appears to have started working. Perhaps there was just a delay in the system? I updated my Name one day and then about 2 days later it just let me go in.
Theory: If there is a delay, change the name (I changed mine to something shorter, then changed it back again), and then check back in a day or two?
Again, my account is very old, so perhaps there is some other piece of information required in their database that was missing until I did the edits?
(At some level this would surprise me because all the Microsoft systems I work with seem to update in real time.)
Additionally, here is an image from the Community Code of Conduct (Participate -> Community Code of Conduct from the menu at the top of this page):
I'm trying to help Microsoft find a bug and if I happen to find a workaround in that process, share that with other users. I'm getting quite a few notifications of messages on this thread that have nothing to do with trying to find and address the bug.