Display names (e.g. my display name "Juniper (she/her) š«") don't seem to be supported, leaving just usernames. It would be nice if display names were supported. Also, profile pictures would be nice, but I recognize that has been requested separately already.
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rowdyrockets@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Seems like a good feature for those whoād like it. If this is implemented, please include a toggle to disable seeing display names.
aeharding@vger.social · 4 pts · 2y
I think thereās a feature request for it. Itās low priority though.
june@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
Oh yes I see now:
https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues/546
If you have the time, it appears a user in that issue is hoping for your permission to update a patch fixing this very issue!
I can understand why it is low priority, but consider that it is outside of basic feature parity with Lemmy. In all other apps (that I have tried) as well as web based frontends (again, that I have tried) the display name is used everywhere.
I for one selected my username in light of the fact that I would be able to edit the display name on Lemmy, and I find that including my pronouns (I recognize this is a niche use of the display name feature) is an easy and generally consistent way to limit confusion and frame conversations involving me.