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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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[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 31 points 11 months ago

There are users I've blocked only due to having username like that. If you're that desperate to stand out I'll make sure it has the exact opposite effect.

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 11 months ago

If you're that desperate to stand out

Very interesting take IMO.

I however see it as no different to setting a profile picture, a forum signature, or attaching an image inside a comment. It's there to be customized

If they get you annoyed to the extent that you're blocking users... have you considered switching to a Lemmy client that doesn't show display names?

[-] squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

People doing those things have also been annoying for a long time though

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

In what way has Kola been annoying? They're a micro celeb

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

I only use the browser version of the site which luckily allows me to hide profile pictures. Signatures aren't a thing here anyway. On forums it's a bit different I feel, as having a profile photo/signature is the norm rather than exception so users with those don't really stand out.

I don't mind blocking people for petty reasons. My blocklist has somewhere from 300 to 500 users I'd guess and I add few news ones every day. Same for communities. I got over the FOMO ages ago and though I'm sure I'll miss things I would've liked to see, the truth is I'm going to miss much of it anyway, so it doesn't matter. Especially since I don't even know what I'm missing out on. My reasoning behind this is that the only way to make social media tolerable is by heavily curating it.

I also have word filters for posts about Elon, Twitter, Trump, Sailor Moon etc. All this greatly increases the signal to noise ratio. Sometimes when I see a blocked user comment something I might log out to check what they said and more often than not my conclusion is that nothing of a value was lost.

[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I always say social media is always better without a "friend" list.

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Interesting. I've never thought about it that way but I definitely agree. Even on Instagram I've always treated my friend list more like a list of subcribed users. I don't follow people because I know them; I follow them because I like the content. However since not following people back seems to be frowned upon I'd just much rather spend my time on places where I'm anonymous. I'd never ever tell anyone my reddit/lemmy accounts name.

[-] Rincewindnz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I'm curious, what happens when you block a user? Do you just not see anything from them anymore? Cause that seems like a super effective way to not get irate at a user you really don't agree with on anything and can't have a civil conversation with.

[-] seathru@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Correct. You don't see their posts or comments, nor do you see the replies to their comments that make you wonder what you missed. It is more like they were never there, they don't even exist.

[-] Rincewindnz@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

This is an absolute win and should be promoted.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Leave Sailor Moon out of this!

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Honestly good on you for having a healthy mindset regarding this kind of stuff. I learned to just block people whenever I feel a little too engaged in trying to argue with them. It's better for my mental health to filter what I see anyway

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