JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<span class="name">SOMEUSERNAME<span class="meta">20 friends</span></span>
<span class="name">SOMEUSERNAME2<span class="meta">20 friends</span></span>
<span class="name">SOMEUSERNAME3<span class="meta">20 friends</span></span>
JavaScript
var users = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('.name')).map(function(el) {
return el.firstChild.nodeValue;
});
console.log(users)