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

submitted 7 months 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 132 points 7 months ago

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 68 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You leave my display name alone.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 32 points 7 months 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.

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[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 55 points 7 months ago

Since 6am this morning.

[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Do you suffer from severe constipation?

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[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Since July 1st, 2023, according to his profile. That's almost 41 comments a day!

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[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 7 months ago

simply an option to display usernames instead of displaynames could mitigate that

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 7 months ago

Voyager doesn’t have display names. I love you, Voyager.

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[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 42 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 7 months ago

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

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

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

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[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

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

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago

You just update the display name very fast.

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[-] parpol@programming.dev 32 points 7 months ago

By standard, do you mean alphanumerics only? This would destroy the Asian userbase.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

Lemmy users call for genocide!

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[-] cbarrick@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

~~No, I think they mean something more like Unicode compatibility form.~~ Not sure what OP means, but Unicode NFKC normalization solves this.

So 🅱️ gets normalized to B, but "real" characters are left intact across scripts.

See NFKC and NFKD form here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_equivalence

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 30 points 7 months 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 11 points 7 months 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?

[-] squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

People doing those things have also been annoying for a long time though

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[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months 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 20 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 7 months ago

It only now appeared on my feed.

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 18 points 7 months 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 14 points 7 months 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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 10 points 7 months ago

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

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[-] unreachable@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

~~username~~ DisplayName

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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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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[-] Poxlox@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I use Connect for Android and everyone's name is the same. Couldn't be happier with Connect, actually

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 7 months ago

Everyone's name is the same

How do you tell users apart?! /s

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[-] yozhfyfyfy@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

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

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 10 points 7 months ago

For reference, a specific example of a username that could exist: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3790#issuecomment-1664468110

[-] teft@lemmy.world 45 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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is a completely reasonable name /s

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago

I like the little guy in the TV

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

I don't see a problem with this eldritch username.

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