I think they definitely could’ve made a profile page while keeping the discriminator around. Something like discord.com/u/diamondburned/4507
.
(For various reasons diamondburned#4507
is not too ideal for a URL, but it’s a small difference. Right?)
My name (Diamond) mostly came from my username. I used to be more active talking on Discord, so a lot of my friends would call me based on my username. It was weird at first, but I got used to it! Some people found it surprising, but the reactions aren’t too bad.