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What do the symbols next to usernames mean on Lemmy? (suppo.fi)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by bartolomeo@suppo.fi to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm using Jerboa and I sometimes see symbols next to peoples' username. One looks like a "no message" symbol, and the other looks like a "no person" symbol in red. What do they mean? Are there more symbols?

I've tried a web search but I only found results related to Motorhead and some kind of desert rodent.

Also, is it possible to search the content of posts on Lemmy? At least in Jerboa the search function seems to be only to search for communities by name. Surely someone has asked this before but I couldn't figure out how to search posts.

Thanks!

Edit: added an example of the "no person" icon

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[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The one you attached means that they’re banned.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If theyre banned, how are they participating?

[–] justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

It might be a temporary ban - those do not retroactively remove comments of the person in question IIRC.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 1 points 10 months ago

Who? They haven’t even gave us a user@instance.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Banned from the server where their comment with that icon appears?

I'm still trying to grasp federation; sorry if it's a stupid question.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Banned from your instance. What user are you looking at? If they’re banned on their home instance it federates everywhere as far as I know.

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One of the icons may be the bot account indicator.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a robot head icon, right? It would be nice to see a list of all the icons and their meaning.

[–] justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you hover the mouse pointer above such an icon (don't click it), it usually displays what it stands for. For example, when you hover aove the [OP] next to your username here, a little indicator saying "creator" will pop up.

[–] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Like stinkyhat said, I'm seeing user avatars to the left of usernames, and community icons to the right of usernames. Those are all going to have individual meanings, if they aren't set to the default.

As for search, I'm in a web browser, and I don't find the UI to be very user friendly, either.

[–] GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Took a couple of days to get familiar, but you should switch to Voyager if you want to search the content of posts across lemmy. I used Jerboa for 6 months and finally decided to check out Voyager after a few bugs in Jerboa and comment sorting default not being a thing.

It's been much better since switching for me. Text formatting needs work but that's pretty minor in the grand scheme of things to me.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[–] drasticpotatoes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Recent convert here. Voyager is leagues ahead of the others IMO. I was struggling with Lemmy until it was suggested to me.

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Aye. Switched over from Liftoff a week ago and I am so happy with the improvements!

(yes, I am aware that Liftoff's dev is busy af, I do not fault him for not being able to/not wanting to keep it constantly updated and adding more features)

[–] drasticpotatoes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

You, like me, want a decent user experience though, I imagine.

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do you mean the user's avatar?

This isn't the right community for tech support questions, you should try your app's community or !techsupport@lemmy.world instead.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

B - Bot

A - Administrator

M - Moderator

OP - Original Poster

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where do you see those?

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Nice! Is that a web browser or an app that you're using? It doesn't look like that for me on Jerboa.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Standard browser view. Apps change the appearance quite a bit.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 5 points 10 months ago

No, not the avatar. I added an example of the icon to my post.

Thanks for the suggestion! Is it possible to cross-post? I don't see the option here.