display people's display names? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by tilefan@lemm.ee to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I don't know if it's true for all instances, but for lemm.ee, you have your username that can never be changed, and then you have a display name.

on boost, I always see people's usernames, and my posts always show up under my username rather than my chosen name. is there a way to change that?

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[-] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

+1 from me, this is a pretty nice feature

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

People have been using display names to troll or confuse people, so I like that boost shows usernames instead of display names.

But if it was implemented as an optional displaying feature, I'd not be against it.

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

could just display both like Twitter

[-] laffytaffer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Was about to make a post of my own asking about this feature. Would be a really useful option to have, especially for viewing stuff by hexbear users for example, where I believe including pronouns is mandatory.

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