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Unpopular Opinion

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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I find this unacceptable

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unpopular opinions tend to be either "Stuff everyone agrees with but I pretend is unpopular" or "I AM A FASCIST AND WOULD LIKE TO PRETEND THAT'S AN OPINION"

Yours is a genuinely unpopular opinion which is great

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But.. I thought this was finally my ticket to a fascist card? Guess I'll have to go rack up some felonies instead. I bet that'll do it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Just post something on the format of "my Unpopular opinion: [minority] does not deserve [basic human right]" or "[Minority that is lacking rights] is annoying for [asking for rights]" and you'll get there. Happens often enough on reddit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Good call, on it.