Your account and password
What you change yourself, and what changing a password does to your other devices.
Your profile is yours
You change your own email address and display name; you do not have to ask an admin. The address is unique across the system, so if the new one is taken the change is refused — never silently landed on somebody else's account.
A display name is not unique and two people may share one; what you sign in with is always the address.
If you set no display name, one is derived from the first part of your address. The letters on your avatar come from there too and are always Latin — the avatar's colour, though, is chosen from the name, so one person always has the same one.
Changing your password signs your other devices out
Changing a password requires the current one. On success every other session is closed and only the device you changed it on stays signed in.
That is exactly what you want the moment you think your password has leaked.
Why it sometimes asks you to wait
Signing in, changing a password and creating an account each have a per-minute limit. Several attempts in quick succession are refused temporarily, with how long to wait.
The limit is counted per route, so failed sign-in attempts do not stop you refreshing a session.
Read this next
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- Getting startedLanguage, dates and themeTwo languages, the Jalali calendar, and why figures stay in Latin digits.
- When something does not work"Not found" or "not allowed"Two different messages with two completely different meanings.
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