Xylight@lemdro.id to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agofirst it was @property, then @container, and now interpolate-sizesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down17
arrow-up1111arrow-down1imagefirst it was @property, then @container, and now interpolate-sizesh.itjust.worksXylight@lemdro.id to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 months ago…Did you add an unescaped RTL toggle character on your user name?
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoFor the record, I noticed because I use Friendica:
minus-squareScoopta@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoJeroba only flips the instance domain, that is way more wild
minus-squareplateee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoWhat’s it like being famous? 🤩
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoVoyager shows username, he probably changed display name
minus-squareXylight@lemdro.idOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoi do remember doing that a long time ago
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoDoing QA testing for free? You and lil bobby tables would get along great
minus-squarePumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoI strongly think Lemmy clients should have a toggle to show usernames instead of display names. Some of the Unicode is super obnoxious.
minus-squareDarkSirrush@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoSome Lemmy clients like summit do (which I keep on, because display names are often cancer)
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoAnd now you’re about to nerd-snipe me into checking if control characters are valid for user names in ActivityPub
minus-squareXylight@lemdro.idOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThere’s probably some restrictions because I tried making an instance that had a user with a completely empty username and it didn’t federate.
minus-squareHypnoticSheep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoConnect lets you filter out the Unicode into a-z, which is nice
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoBy the way, if you want to replicate this effect for fun and profit, the control character you’re searching for is U+202E RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE (or RLO for short)
…Did you add an unescaped RTL toggle character on your user name?
For the record, I noticed because I use Friendica:
Jeroba only flips the instance domain, that is way more wild
Yay I am in screenshot
What’s it like being famous? 🤩
Meh
📸
Voyager just ignores it
Voyager shows username, he probably changed display name
Nice
i do remember doing that a long time ago
Doing QA testing for free? You and lil bobby tables would get along great
I strongly think Lemmy clients should have a toggle to show usernames instead of display names. Some of the Unicode is super obnoxious.
Some Lemmy clients like summit do (which I keep on, because display names are often cancer)
And now you’re about to nerd-snipe me into checking if control characters are valid for user names in ActivityPub
There’s probably some restrictions because I tried making an instance that had a user with a completely empty username and it didn’t federate.
Connect lets you filter out the Unicode into a-z, which is nice
By the way, if you want to replicate this effect for fun and profit, the control character you’re searching for is U+202E RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE (or RLO for short)