Confirm this for me: When typing a username into search or autocomplete, the "exact match" that sometimes pops up is more annoying than helpful?

For example, when I want to mention pacochi and start typing "pac", a user whose username is exactly "pac" pops up right above the "pacochi" suggestion.

I am considering removing that "exact match" behaviour.

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@Gargron Maybe im misunderstanding you but I'm not sure that makes any sense. You want to move more precise matches so less precise ones show up instead?

I see why you might do it (since if you types inthe full name autocomplete isnt needed). But when I do it I use it as a visual confirmation that i didnt misspell the name. So it serves a function to me.

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@freemo Account search ranks people you follow higher. But the exact match always takes the first position. It's sourced from a different place.

@freemo I'm not saying that an exact match in the colloquial sense would never show up. Just that it should not be hard-coded to the top

@Gargron Yea I understood. But given my usage pattern I'd personally find that rather annoying. If I type a username I use the matches that pop up as a confirmation im spelling it correctly (as I almost never know how to spell it). So making sure the closest match is at the top, specifically the exact match, would be critical for how I use it. Otherwise if it didnt show up for some reason (or was far down on the list) I might find myself needing to match up the letters one by one. It would be annoying

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