Feature Request: Display names (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by june@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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Display names (e.g. my display name "Juniper (she/her) 🫐") don't seem to be supported, leaving just usernames. It would be nice if display names were supported. Also, profile pictures would be nice, but I recognize that has been requested separately already.

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[-] rowdyrockets@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

Seems like a good feature for those who’d like it. If this is implemented, please include a toggle to disable seeing display names.

[-] aeharding@vger.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think there’s a feature request for it. It’s low priority though.

[-] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yes I see now:

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues/546

If you have the time, it appears a user in that issue is hoping for your permission to update a patch fixing this very issue!

I can understand why it is low priority, but consider that it is outside of basic feature parity with Lemmy. In all other apps (that I have tried) as well as web based frontends (again, that I have tried) the display name is used everywhere.

I for one selected my username in light of the fact that I would be able to edit the display name on Lemmy, and I find that including my pronouns (I recognize this is a niche use of the display name feature) is an easy and generally consistent way to limit confusion and frame conversations involving me.