Lemmy user names should only allow standard characters
To be clear, some really great community members have these names, but they're everywhere now. And with the right characters you can create some really annoying overlaps: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3790
Enough of them floating around now that I'll probably do a PR for my favorite client to filter them out.
I don't see the issue. I don't mean I personally don't mind the names (which I don't), but even after reading your explanation I can't understand what the problem is.
Some characters that are permitted in the Display Name field can totally mangle the layout of the page on a website or even on an app. Like those letters that have a bunch of random noise attached to them that people like to use to symbolize glitchiness or Eldritch corruption.
I would hope that something like mine, which is just standard emojis, wouldn't do that since modern layouts account for those. I kind of agree that there should be some limit, just due to the fact some non-standard characters can totally break the site.
Unpopular opinions tend to be either "Stuff everyone agrees with but I pretend is unpopular" or "I AM A FASCIST AND WOULD LIKE TO PRETEND THAT'S AN OPINION"
Yours is a genuinely unpopular opinion which is great
Just post something on the format of "my Unpopular opinion: [minority] does not deserve [basic human right]" or "[Minority that is lacking rights] is annoying for [asking for rights]" and you'll get there. Happens often enough on reddit