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Unicode in handles (community.nodebb.org)

submitted 3 months ago by julian@community.nodebb.org to c/activitypub@community.nodebb.org

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I'm assuming Unicode in handles is not allowed? At least by Mastodon.

This user is not able to have their content federated because the username is all Hebrew (I think?) characters!

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[–] scott@loves.tech 1 points 3 months ago

In Hubzilla, I was able to follow this user by pasting this URL into the "Add Connection" box:

#^https://community.nodebb.org/user/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A6%D7%99

I copied the URL in the browser for that user's profile (which contained the Hebrew characters). When I pasted it, it converted it to UTF-8 text (seen above).

Hubzilla was able to find the user based on that UTF-8 URL. So it is possible to follow such an account, at least with Hubzilla, via the UTF-8 URL.

It could not find %D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A6%D7%99@community.nodebb.org though, probably because NodeBB is not expecting the UTF-8 version of the username.