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I know that users from different instances can have @instance after the user name, but what does it mean when the username is @username ?

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Everyone who isn't using a separate display name has an @. It's their actual login name, like on Twitter.

I couldn't even use capital letters in my user name, but the display name lets you use Unicode and even emojis (as you can see with mine).

Personally, I'm a big fan of emojis in usernames 😊

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago
[-] curiosityLynx@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@Kolanaki

and even emojis (as you can see with mine).

Looks like either you have a capital letter in your username and what I see is your username, or you don't have an emoji in your display name, or kbin strips emojis from usernames.

Edit: It appears kbin shows people's usernames, not their display names. That said, you still seem to have a capital letter in your username.

[-] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a user name. Users are @name@instance.tld Communities are !community@instance.tld

So I'm @SirEDCaLot@fmhy.ml
Posting a reply on !no stupid questions@lemmy.world
To you @tofurious_is_god@lemmy.world

[-] godless@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago

Like yours does? It just means he's commenting from another instance than your own home instance. If both you and the other are lemmy.world users and comment on a thread on a third instance, you shouldn't see it.

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