I've claimed that Twitter account on my Brave Rewards Creator profile, so I can only imagine that's where Brave browser is somehow 'finding' the 'mikeleewrites' (with a small 'm') username? HOWEVER: My Twitter username is (with a small 'm'). I only have one Reddit account, and it's always been u/meejle. Strangely enough, there is a u/Mikeleewrites (with a capital 'M') on Reddit, but he isn't me. Also notice how it then shows a snippet of 'thinsoldier's post' underneath:Īnd weirder still: if I go to my own Reddit user page (I'm u/meejle - remember that, it'll be important in a second) and click one of the inline 'Tip' buttons. Trying to tip on one of u/Brave_Support's comments, shows 'thinsoldier on Reddit', but then correctly displays the username underneath as 'u/Brave_Support'.

Here's a screenshot of it happening on u/Brave_Support's profile page ( ):Ĭlicking 'Send a Tip.' also shows u/thinsoldier as the recipient of the tip:īut wait, it gets even weirder! Clicking the inline 'Tip' buttons on Reddit seems to confuse things even more. It doesn't matter whose profile page I visit, if I click the Brave Rewards icon (in the address bar), it shows 'thinsoldier on Reddit'.

Somehow, my Brave browser has got itself hung up on one particular Redditor, u/thinsoldier.

When trying to test this on Reddit (e.g., to see if the verified 'tick' would appear on my profile page, whether my custom tip message would appear, etc.), I noticed various issues with usernames. I also submitted custom banners for each site/social media profile.

I signed up to Brave Rewards Creator and claimed my Reddit account (among other social media accounts and websites that I own).

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