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Lemmy user names should only allow standard characters (lemmy.nowsci.com)

submitted 2 years ago by fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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To be clear, some really great community members have these names, but they're everywhere now. And with the right characters you can create some really annoying overlaps: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3790

Enough of them floating around now that I'll probably do a PR for my favorite client to filter them out.

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[-] peyotecosmico@programming.dev 137 points 2 years ago

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[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[-] Kase@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 85 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You leave my display name alone.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 34 points 2 years ago

Hah, as I've said in other replies, your contributions greatly outweigh my annoyance. But it's still annoying (to me) 😉

Luckily I can contribute to my client to add a feature to hide display names, so I'll just do that.

[-] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

What about me? I'm just a teddy bear

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[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

My god, 8000 comments? How long have you been here?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 58 points 2 years ago

Since 6am this morning.

[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Do you suffer from severe constipation?

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[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 42 points 2 years ago

Those are "display names". Some Lemmy clients have a setting to use the actual usernames instead of display names.

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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

Agreed, the animated ones are also annoying IMO. Generally I block those users.

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 years ago

TIL users could have animated usernames 😳 haven't seen one myself yet

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Don't think I've seen animated, what client are you on?

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[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Animated? I haven't seen anything like that. How on earth does that work?

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago

You just update the display name very fast.

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[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago

There are users I've blocked only due to having username like that. If you're that desperate to stand out I'll make sure it has the exact opposite effect.

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 years ago

If you're that desperate to stand out

Very interesting take IMO.

I however see it as no different to setting a profile picture, a forum signature, or attaching an image inside a comment. It's there to be customized

If they get you annoyed to the extent that you're blocking users... have you considered switching to a Lemmy client that doesn't show display names?

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

I only use the browser version of the site which luckily allows me to hide profile pictures. Signatures aren't a thing here anyway. On forums it's a bit different I feel, as having a profile photo/signature is the norm rather than exception so users with those don't really stand out.

I don't mind blocking people for petty reasons. My blocklist has somewhere from 300 to 500 users I'd guess and I add few news ones every day. Same for communities. I got over the FOMO ages ago and though I'm sure I'll miss things I would've liked to see, the truth is I'm going to miss much of it anyway, so it doesn't matter. Especially since I don't even know what I'm missing out on. My reasoning behind this is that the only way to make social media tolerable is by heavily curating it.

I also have word filters for posts about Elon, Twitter, Trump, Sailor Moon etc. All this greatly increases the signal to noise ratio. Sometimes when I see a blocked user comment something I might log out to check what they said and more often than not my conclusion is that nothing of a value was lost.

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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I usually see Kolanki everywhere but not in this thread. Coincidence? 👀

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 2 years ago

It only now appeared on my feed.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago

I call shenanigans. I don't get 2 positive votes for Anything I write! It's all fart jokes and spelling corrections.

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[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I don't see the issue. I don't mean I personally don't mind the names (which I don't), but even after reading your explanation I can't understand what the problem is.

Maybe I'm tired.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Some characters that are permitted in the Display Name field can totally mangle the layout of the page on a website or even on an app. Like those letters that have a bunch of random noise attached to them that people like to use to symbolize glitchiness or Eldritch corruption.

I would hope that something like mine, which is just standard emojis, wouldn't do that since modern layouts account for those. I kind of agree that there should be some limit, just due to the fact some non-standard characters can totally break the site.

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[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 2 years ago

Could be you're tired. Could also be it's an Unpopular Opinion 😉

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[-] unreachable@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

~~username~~ DisplayName

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

What the hell you bitchin' bout?

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 18 points 2 years ago

This was posted to Unpopular Opinion, after all.

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[-] ammonium@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

What is a standard character? It's not a simple question.

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[-] yozhfyfyfy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Oh good, I'm not the only one being annoyed

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes I used to see lots when I used Jerboa, but not one since switching to Boost. It wasn't something that annoyed me at all, but I see your point, it's something that could be exploited I guess

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