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.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nl
    17·
    10 months ago

    Sucks to be them. I didn’t agree to see their vanity names that they can change on a whim.

    • Kogasa@programming.dev
      324·
      10 months ago

      I do not give a fuck if you want to see display names or not. I am all for giving you the ability to disable them. Most people like display names, and we already have display names, so I think it makes a lot more sense to offer a solution to the problem created by a small minority of abusive users that isn’t just “disable display names.”

      • jol
        13·
        10 months ago

        Why the agressivity? We’re just voicing our opinions here and GP only asked for the option to do it. Please let’s not make this a new re**it.

        • Kogasa@programming.dev
          118·
          10 months ago

          Because I’m getting flooded with downvotes and inane replies that are aggressively misunderstanding me.

          • jol
            7·
            10 months ago

            Just take a deep breath and maybe take a break from the Internet. No one knows who you are. No one’s personally coming after you. No one’s agressive.