Sometimes I wonder if allowing emoji in display names in the first place was a mistake 😕

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@Gargron So the verified thing is an emoji? :angery: I thought it was real.

@gargron @seonghwa You could filter only the "verified" emoji to avoid this kind of confusion.

@gargron @seonghwa Are they really? I only use two instances but both of them use the same names for emojis.

@Roboron @seonghwa There's a button to copy an emoji from another server which makes it very convenient to have the same names but it doesn't have to be the way. You just upload a file and give it any shortcode.

@gargron @seonghwa Understood. Then, maybe the best decision is to get rid of emojis on the name. Although I will miss my emoji on @Roboron ...

@Roboron
@Gargron

A good platform is the one always give users their own choice to choose, instead of decide for them( if the emoji on the display name bothered so much)🙂

@seonghwa @Roboron

@Sphinx @gargron @seonghwa
I wonder why this toot didn't show on my notifications...

An idea based on this: We could disable emojis, only for new users, and adding an "advanced option" for displaying emojis on the name. This should make clear that the verified emoji is just only one more emoji, while also preventing new users from thinking there are verified accounts on the fediverse. What do you think?

@Roboron

Thank you for your reply, disable verified and emoji(on the display name)are two things. But both of them is the symbol of freedom to control their account. It's colorful not just black and white.

About the verified sign at the beginning I don’t like it. Because I feel it’s a twitter thing and mastodon is not twitter, it’s just twitter open this function and now we feel like we are “copy” them ?No we’re not. Because on mastodon we can add anything emoji on display name, it can be a dog a cat even a piece of s**t. Of course include the verified sign.

@Gargron @seonghwa

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