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Feature request to replace user names having giant blue letters with the corresponding normal letters. More and more people are doing it, and it's annoying. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by CrayonRosary to c/syncforlemmy

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Edited the image to stop putting the person on blast.

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[–] Lemminary 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't mind them and I don't understand what the outrage is about. I've been able to identify some of these individuals across threads because they tend to stand out and I find that very endearing from a community POV. I'd rather have some form of personalization rather than slapping everyone with a uniform.

[–] CrayonRosary 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't think anyone is outraged. It's just an annoyance. I'm happily scrolling and reading titles and then N O T I C E M E!. It's a distraction.

A name alone is personalization enough.

[–] Lemminary 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

These posts sound more than an annoyance.

A name alone is personalization enough.

I don't think so. People literally pay for personalization and a customized experience. If it were enough, we wouldn't be here asking to normalize usernames in the first place.

[–] Tangent5280 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How about just adding it in as a rendering option on the client side, making it so that they keep their usernames, but you can see the normal letter versions?

[–] CrayonRosary 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's literally what I'm asking for with this post. 🤔

[–] Tangent5280 1 points 10 months ago

Ah, sorry, I didn't see the community you posted this in.