HCS Information Exchange

Though you can set your username to pretty much anything you want, remember that your username is your identity in the community. When you create content, your username is shown with the content. When you communicate with fellow community members, it is your username that identifies you to others. So your username is publicly visible to everyone in the community. To be a good citizen in the community, please follow these simple guidelines when creating your username:

1. Since the username is visible to everyone, avoid using your private information as the username. For example, you shouldn't use your email address as username, unless you really want others to know it.

2. Don't use anything that may appear offensive or inappropriate to others. Don't use any profanity words.

3. Use something that is easy to remember.

4. There are a few special characters that you cannot use in your username. Avoid these characters.

5. You can use Chinese characters in your username. However it requires you and your computer are capable of entering Chinese characters. Be aware that even if your own computer is capable, not all computers can do it. So you may get stuck if you have to access the website from a computer that cannot do Chinese. Also other community members may not be able to type Chinese, and therefore won't be able to communicate with you because they can't type your username.