How much does my display name bother you?
How much does my display name bother you?
And does it bother you seeing it often? Because I comment a lot and everywhere.
Just fair warning to the rest of the 'verse.
I'm only now realizing that some instances/apps may not use the "display name" option so they just see a plain-ass "PillowTalk420" and not a bitchin' blue bastard that says "Kolanaki." ๐
It does not say kolanaki. It says kolanak. Also yes, it actually bothers me more than it should and even more so now that you point it out.
I couldn't comment through Jerboa and had to come over to Thunder where I am grateful to report you are in fact PillowTalk420.
I mistyped and couldn't edit it in Thunder or Jerboa or Summit. So I had to use Liftoff to edit this comment.
No, it's really beautiful! Although it did create a new problem for me to solve for the lemmy client app I'm developing.
So here's the problem: how can one distinguish a real mod from a display name/username looking like a mod?
One way is to put up a "mod badge" in the UI.
I hated this option, as it didn't fit well with my general design. I wanted a color only method of mod identification. The problem with this is, well usernames similar to yours. What if a user just changes their username to the color green?
That increases the chances of someone being fooled by a fake mod.
I tried putting animated text for mods for this. Then, my performance degraded like crazy. I still haven't solved this problem. For now, I'm still doing the color identification way. Let's see, when all major features have been implemented, I'll go on to work on this again.
It is definitely unique. Like comic sans.