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Lemmy user names should only allow standard characters (lemmy.nowsci.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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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] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Sheeple 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.

[–] Sheeple 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.