Fiatjaf why all sites use email as the login name everywhere now? what has happened with 'usernames'? is this a thing of the old internet? I wish I could type 'fiatjaf' everywhere, instead of 'fiatjaf@gmail.com'.

Martijn It is a usability thing. People are way less likely to forget their email address than what username they picked.

Fiatjaf which people? people not used to computers and the internet, you mean? or people who had an ICQ nickname in their youth?

Martijn People who only make average use of the internet and never did the whole nickname-as-identity thing. A lot of people have nonsensical usernames on Facebook, I bet most of them don't remember what they set-up on there. A lot of people also try their own name as username, and when they bump into a website where it is already taken will come up with a slight variation, yet over time they forget what variations they used where. This doesn't make email address the easiest or the safest choice for login credentials, but for the masses it is the most rememberable and gives the least support tickets for the businesses behind websites.