Title pretty much says it all.
When you type in the search field the text populates in the ‘GOTO user’ option, selecting that seems to work…
There’s an option to set a display name in the settings.
I don’t see that option anywhere.
Go to this page and search for “displayname”
I’m asking about other people’s names, not my own. When I search for other people- it’s says they don’t exist. Yet they do where I can see their comments.
I believe they’re taking about in your own profile, you can set your display name to be different from your username. For instance, my username is AFKBRBChocolate, but I have it set to display with spaces. If you click on the username in a post, it should show you what it really is.
Looking at this from Voyager you have no custom name displayed, it is just “AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world“. My guess is that voyager doesn’t show those, same as with profile pictures.
Oh, could be. I got here sorting by new, and I’m not a Voyager user, but I thought I had some insight. Maybe I don’t - apologies for the detour.
Please don’t apologize for wanting to be helpful! At least I learned about a new feature that is essentially hidden from me as a mobile only user. Good to know!
So how would one know what someone’s actual user name is?
Pretty sure we always see the actual user name, but not the custom nicknames.
Nope. Because when I try and search most people, it says they don’t exist.
Perhaps its a federation issue?
I doubt it is the nickname feature since according to the person who
first brought up the featureresponded to the first person bringing it up their chosen nickname is different from what I can see, which is their actual account name. Refer to the according comments further upCan you provide an actual example?
Maybe their display name isn’t the same as their login, which is what the search looks for, so it doesn’t show up when looking for their display name.
