"The username violates our guidelines"

Anonymous
2021-12-28T21:56:04+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-16T15:46:04+00:00

    Nobody brought up "QAnon" except you. This is happening to me on Chrome, so it's not "just an Edge issue".

    If you aren't aware, or simply do not believe, the ongoing censorship of conservatives on Youtube/Facebook/Twitter then you are being ignorant. It is happening, it is blatant and they aren't even trying to hide it. This is not a conspiracy, just a fact. Because you aren't dealing with it doesn't mean it isn't happening.

    It happened to me on Firefox, so I don't think it's an Edge issue either.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-16T03:52:33+00:00

    I haven't been able to make any posts either, so I'm pretty sure it's not retaliation for a comment. My real name was my user name; I changed it to something made up and MS still finds it offensive. Just one of the many reasons I'm not a Microsoft fan.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-15T18:29:25+00:00

    Doesn't work for me. Signing out and in and out and in doesnt change anything. Must be a glitch in the software on Microsoft side. I wish Microsoft would respond and check into it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-15T18:09:27+00:00

    After reading all of these I see it is currently a common issue, don't know if it will work for you, but after I signed out and then tried again to use my name it worked, although actually, I had to sign out twice then it let me use my name.

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