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avatars and usernames should be bigger so it's easier to grow a sense of community (merv.news)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think the apps and the web ui should increase the size of the users avatars and make the username a bit bigger so it’s easier for people to start recognizing eachother and grow a sense of community. Back in the forum days people would remember eachother’s usernames/avatars for their contributions and it would be easier to grow a sense of community making things less hostile and easier to create community events

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

While I agree, I'd like to add that it's not hard to recognize and remember the very active and/or notable posters.

Actually for the fun of it, I'll name a few on top of my head:

QuentinCallaghan: Sopuli founder and avid commenter.

Ategon: Hot in the tech subs, seems like a really nice fella.

Picard Maneuver: Memelord and legend

Flying Squid: Meme master and commenter

Dessalines: Dev for Lemmy, Jerboa (and the keyboard I use, thanks this is great).

Ruut: Lemmyworld founder.

And some more whose username I can't recall at the moment.

Also it'd be fun if you commnted some more. :D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I agree, back in the day my "attention removed" avatar had much more impact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Since you mentioned "forum days", I'm still wondering when did we decided we should get rid of those blinking gifs with our usernames we used as a signature for every post! I hate them, but I also miss them...