Draconic NEO@pawb.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 12 days agoName rulepawb.socialimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1199arrow-down1imageName rulepawb.socialDraconic NEO@pawb.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareDraconic NEO@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agoI guess they could always add more, although it won’t show on the majority of clients anyway so I can see why they didn’t bother.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 days ago always Probably up to 100 or 255. That’s a lot for a name (unless you’re a 19th century royal) but certainly not infinity. Of course a 1MB name would really slow down the server and clients.
minus-squareDraconic NEO@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days ago Of course a 1MB name would really slow down the server and clients. Yeah that’s one reason why an uncapped character limit for a profile name would be a pretty bad idea.
I guess they could always add more, although it won’t show on the majority of clients anyway so I can see why they didn’t bother.
Probably up to 100 or 255. That’s a lot for a name (unless you’re a 19th century royal) but certainly not infinity. Of course a 1MB name would really slow down the server and clients.
Yeah that’s one reason why an uncapped character limit for a profile name would be a pretty bad idea.