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Matt Haughey @mathowie

How does this system handle unique usernames? It seems like a flaw in the system if other people can take unique-seeming usernames on other servers. Will this network be overrun with impersonators?

Xavier Ho 🐱🗡 @Spaxe@social.tchncs.de

@mathowie I have a feeling you can register on any server with the same name, and it's the combination of the two that makes it unique. Therefore, impersonations will be rampant unless there is a way to uniquely identify someone from the same server. As it is, the names are cut off and you can't see which server they are posting from. social.tchncs.de/media/9tziUrY

Tom Coates @tomcoates

@Spaxe @mathowie That might just be because that name is long and you're looking on a phone (?). On an iPad you can see all the names with the full extension/address after.

Matt Haughey @mathowie

@tomcoates @Spaxe Weird, on my 27" monitor on this desktop, I can't see anything beyond cut-off usernames.

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Tom Coates @tomcoates

@mathowie @Spaxe huh. Wonder if there's a mobile view that I've been seeing.

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