Unicode in handles
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I'm assuming Unicode in handles is not allowed? At least by Mastodon.
This user is not able to have their content federated because the username is all Hebrew (I think?) characters!
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Would their ActivityPub username be לאצי@community.nodebb.org then?
I tried to follow that username and it would not let me. -
Would their ActivityPub username be לאצי@community.nodebb.org then?
I tried to follow that username and it would not let me.scott@loves.tech said in Unicode in handles:
> Would their ActivityPub username be לאצי@community.nodebb.org then?<br /><br />I tried to follow that username and it would not let me.Indeed, that's probably the characters in their handle.
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In Hubzilla, I was able to follow this user by pasting this URL into the "Add Connection" box:
#^https://community.nodebb.org/user/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A6%D7%99
I copied the URL in the browser for that user's profile (which contained the Hebrew characters). When I pasted it, it converted it to UTF-8 text (seen above).
Hubzilla was able to find the user based on that UTF-8 URL. So it is possible to follow such an account, at least with Hubzilla, via the UTF-8 URL.
It could not find %D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A6%D7%99@community.nodebb.org though, probably because NodeBB is not expecting the UTF-8 version of the username. -
Hi @julian,
as long as nobody cares about the according standards, the #fediverse will be a brittle nerd niche.The according standard is IMO https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7565.html#:~:text=userpart ( #RFC7033 and #RFC7565 ) referring to https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7564#section-4.2.1.
What you find in the wild, however, is a different story as thee is no agreed upon #validator service nowhere.
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Hi, hello everyone. I'm sorry to hear that I can't be followed because of my username characters. Does this mean that I can't be followed here on the forum or is it something else?
Also, should I change my username to English characters? -
Hi, hello everyone. I'm sorry to hear that I can't be followed because of my username characters. Does this mean that I can't be followed here on the forum or is it something else?
Also, should I change my username to English characters?לאצי don't worry about it! You shouldn't have to alter your username just to suit our latin-character world