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Also, I feel like it would make more sense to hide the whole thing including instance rather than just the username.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

[Settings shortcut: Security > Hide username in account picker

Am I doing this for the ones that haven't seen the setting? Yes.

Am I also doing it because I've always wanted to post the link to a setting? Also yes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Holy hell... I had no idea you could link Sync settings in a post. Wonder what it looks like in other clients.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Would probably be nice if it said something like 'Sync for Lemmy Setting' for other clients.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Like a screenshot

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wanted to link it too - but I wasn't sure how to do it without typing it out manually. Is there another way?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You long-press the setting, and it gets copied, then you can paste it into the reply-box (I'm pasting it in-line, but I believe it makes a new line on its own) Settings shortcut: Security > Hide username in account picker

Hope this helps

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yup. Very, thanks. The question is will I remember for when I next need it...

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait, it's just supposed to hide your username when you're viewing the app locally? I don't mean to be rude, but what is the use case for this? Do you frequently have people looking over your shoulder at the screen or something?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

what is the use case for this?

Live streaming and screen recording.

Edit: grammar

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Ah, that is an excellent use case and one that hadn't occurred to me at all. Thanks for clarifying that for me!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I was just playing around with settings and noticed it ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Afaik it's a known issue but hasn't been fixed yet

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Has LJ got an issue tracker on GitHub or somewhere else?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Oh lord I haven't even noticed. That isn't great.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It seems like the account is obfuscated at another place in the same corner, just to add to the inconsistent display