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We're the creators of Lemmy, Ask Us Anything. Starts Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [M] to c/announcements@lemmy.ml
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This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they'd like to @nutomic@lemmy.ml and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today.

Note: This will be the thread tmrw, so you can use this thread to ask and vote on questions beforehand.

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[–] 29 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Why Unicode usernames aren't supported yet? After all, a big part of the world's population don't use the Latin alphabet in their native languages.

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  • [–] 55 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Simple, no one has implemented it. Dessalines and I are busy with lots of things, so we rely on community contributions.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    Tbh I think the display names as they currently work are dangerous. What would prevent me from setting my display name to nutomic@lemmy.ml? Most front-ends would not show that I'm actually not you at first glance.

    Edit: Misread the question as being about display names. Full unicode support for usernames would be even more dangerous, basically opening the door to unicode homograph spoofing on that level too.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The display name would stick out like a sore thumb. Either it’s the only one with an @instance.name on it, or it’s the only one with 2 @instance.names.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago*

    Which front end would show both names? On (mobile and desktop) web and in Jerboa I only see the display name if it's set. And the only limitation seems to be that a leading @ is not allowed.

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