Convert 🇪 🇲 🇴 🇯 🇮 usernames?

Not sure if that renders the same for everyone, but I'm very tired of seeing the big emoji letter usernames. Is there an option to convert these usernames to ASCII or otherwise not render them? If not, could this be something that could be implemented? I don't want to resort to blocking everyone, but I may if there's no other choice. It's very visually annoying and distracting.

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18 Comments

unreachable@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 2y (4 replies)

it's "display name" being presented instead of "username", and converting the unicode code to ascii is moot, in my opinion.

Maybe a better solution is providing the toggle option in settings to switch presentation between "display name" or "username".

brb@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Your name is annoying too

lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 2y

Join us on the dark side

jungle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Well, he's unreachable.

jbk@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 2y

A more dynamic option that shows the username if the display name isn't ASCII-only would be great.

Dicska@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

Kolanaki, what are your thoughts?

moon@lemmy.cafe · 12 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Emoji size is directly correlated to dick size

darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
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JustMy2c@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

Reversely

skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl · 8 pts · 2y (3 replies)
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Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Huh, I'd have never thought people took issue with it

skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl · 11 pts · 2y
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mp3@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y

And even them, it would be easy to translate these regional letters emoji unicode values to their text equivalent.

killeronthecorner@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Is Boost already doing this? I feel like I used to see them a lot, but they disappeared a few months back.

I'm with you, they ruin the flow of information.

Stovetop@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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XTL@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

They should be (and have been) banned entirely categorically.

jezebelley3d@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y
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Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

How do you feel about regular emoji names

PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Until hexbear users can use shitty oversized images in their username it's not good enough.

Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

But... emojis aren't the problem there. They should be the same font size as the text.

PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2y

Oh, I love layout breaking shit. It's always been funny.

Dio@lemy.lol · -35 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Your name is, "sirfancy" And you're complaining about fancy usernames.

sirfancy@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y

In what world is this a "gotcha", mine is plaintext lol.