While there are technical solutions to that problem, realistically it’s only a problem if people start thinking they’re celebrities. Personally I prefer a platform that lets people dunk on celebrities.
As a long time reddit moderator, people creating similar usernames to impersonate another user is definitely a problem. That was instantly bannable in all the subs I’ve moderated.
Having color coded usernames calculated based on their full user/ host could help. Something like https://gustu.github.io/string-to-color/. That would make it more obvious that two users aren’t the same user.
In the subreddits dedicated to the Cosmere multiverse created by Brandon Sanderson, who is an active redditors, we had a meme of pinging something close to but not actually his username. Especially when it wasn’t something worth wasting his time.
But yeah, completely agree. I am sure it was frustrating.
While there are technical solutions to that problem, realistically it’s only a problem if people start thinking they’re celebrities. Personally I prefer a platform that lets people dunk on celebrities.
There’s value in knowing if a response is from a specific person, even if they aren’t a celebrity.
As a long time reddit moderator, people creating similar usernames to impersonate another user is definitely a problem. That was instantly bannable in all the subs I’ve moderated.
Having color coded usernames calculated based on their full user/ host could help. Something like https://gustu.github.io/string-to-color/. That would make it more obvious that two users aren’t the same user.
In the subreddits dedicated to the Cosmere multiverse created by Brandon Sanderson, who is an active redditors, we had a meme of pinging something close to but not actually his username. Especially when it wasn’t something worth wasting his time.
But yeah, completely agree. I am sure it was frustrating.
But if you want to confirm which instance a username is from, you can do that. Even if reader apps hide it, you can always check the web page.
Yeah but who’s going to bother doing that?
Haha, Liftoff! to the rescue. Full usernames FTW
Anyone who actually needs to know that info
If you can’t be bothered to check you probably don’t need to know who the author really is
The app I’m running (Mlem) shows that you’re lemm.ee while the other RickRussell_CA is lemmy.world when I click on either of your names.
I think that’s an easy enough lift to sort it out, (though direct display might still be better).
Damn, straight up doxxed a fella. Cold af
If you can’t be bothered to check you probably don’t need to know who the author really is
If I become a celebrity, you can dunk on me.
I often get mistaken for Margot Robbie
I sometimes get mistaken for the human pope, while you can clearly see that I’m the raccoon pope.
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