i don like them links. like - tell me what’s in the link, don’t just “rule” and put a link.

i believe that this is not a very lemmy thing to do. especially on mobile, where it leaves the app and opens some shiddy proprietary other social media platform in your browser.

EDIT: completely forgot to add picture. now it’s here!

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    6 days ago

    yes this exactly what i mean. these empty posts where it’s just a link, maybe even with the title header unchanged from the actual article title, which is usually super click-baity…

    also...

    pls use she/her for me
    thaanksies <3

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      5 days ago

      also… pls use she/her for me
      thaanksies <3

      Some apps like boost don’t show what the web version shows.

      I didn’t even realize this was a issue until you corrected the commenter.

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        5 days ago

        what exactly are u refering to? u mean my username or the dropdown thingy?

        i never used boost cuz proprietary software, but i kinda wanna know how these clients handle the posts stuffs.

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          Both, display names don’t show on the android clients I’ve tried so far.

          The drop-down menu shows on Voyager but not others I’ve tried.

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            what do you mean by display names? i’m only aware of the one display name which i see on the web-client and on Jerboa, my lemmi app.

            does boost only show the initial, unedited username you have set? that seems kinda not so cool… imma be honest… ;(

            when i change ma name, i want peeps to see it! and not see some old deadname! yesyes, if how i describe it is the case, thats very not cool… ~

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              Well yeah that’s the display name.

              And not just boost but others as well some bigger ones like Voyager don’t show display names as well.