I think, on your end, my user name probably shows as just “cabbage”, not “@cabbage”. Which indicates it’s a user name (not exclusive), not a handle (exclusive).
Similarly, OP shows up to me as “Aurora (she/her)” rather than “aurora_glamour”, which is her handle. Piefed still displays the instance though.
It might not be ideal, as it makes imposters possible. Then again, that has always been the case by using visually identical Unicode characters, so it’s not entirely a new problem.
I never cared much about Reddit, but then again, I’m not using Lemmy either. So maybe you’re right.
This confused me, because your name is just @cabbage. Which indicates that you’re on my instance. @cabbage@lemmy.world.
Instead, you’re @cabbage@piefed.social
But you show up as @cabbage.
I don’t understand life.
I think, on your end, my user name probably shows as just “cabbage”, not “@cabbage”. Which indicates it’s a user name (not exclusive), not a handle (exclusive).
Similarly, OP shows up to me as “Aurora (she/her)” rather than “aurora_glamour”, which is her handle. Piefed still displays the instance though.
It might not be ideal, as it makes imposters possible. Then again, that has always been the case by using visually identical Unicode characters, so it’s not entirely a new problem.