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I would like to change the capitalization of my username (self.support)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Smokeydope to c/support

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Hi! I messed up my username at signup and its be bothering me a long time now. I would like my username to be SmokeyDope instead of the current Smokeydope.

I don't believe theres any way to change the username on my side. I can change how it displays ~~locally on Voyager~~ but thats not really the same thing.

Is there anything that can be done about this easily on the admin side? Its not a big deal and im worried it could require resetting my post and comment numbers.

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[–] Draconic_NEO 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What would happen hypothetically if one were to alter the capitalization in the database? Is activitypub case sensitive or would it be treated the same by other servers?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

It appears that Lemmy usernames are case-insensitive. So it should not make a difference.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/341

[–] Draconic_NEO 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's good to know, it makes sense that they wouldn't be. Does this mean that @[email protected]'s Name capitalization could be changed? It wouldn't affect the other servers who already know him but it would make all new servers who learn of him have the correct capitalization.

[–] kersploosh 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I will add the caveat that I would be very hesitant to try it without some careful research, and testing it on a dummy account. You never know what might break.

[–] Draconic_NEO 1 points 5 days ago

Makes sense, it's one thing to do it in theory, another to do it in practice.